GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 4 definitions

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   Articulate , a. [L. articulatus. See Articulata.]
    Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars. [Archaic]
   Bacon.
   
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   Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.
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   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 ]. 
   To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.
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   To treat or make terms. [Obs.]
   Shak.
   
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   To join or be connected by articulation.
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   Articulate, v. t.
   To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.
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   To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify. [Obs.]
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   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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   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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