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   Articulate (), a. [L. articulatus. See Articulata.]
   1. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars. [Archaic]  Bacon.
   
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   2. Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, “articulate animals or plants”.
   
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   3. Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, “articulate speech, sounds, words”.
   
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   Total changes of party and articulate opinion. Carlyle.
   
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   Articulate, n. (Zool.) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
   
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   Articulate (), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Articulated (); p. pr. & vb. n. Articulating ()].
   1. To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.
   
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   2. To treat or make terms. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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   3. To join or be connected by articulation.
   
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   Articulate, v. t.
   1. To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.
   
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   2. To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify. [Obs.]
   
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   3. To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, “to articulate letters or language”. “To articulate a word.”  Ray.
   
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   4. To express distinctly; to give utterance to.
   
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   Luther articulated himself upon a process that hand already begun in the Christian church. Bibliotheca Sacra.
   
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   To . . . articulate the dumb, deep want of the people. Carlyle.
   
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