articulate

Definitions

1. 1.Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.
2. 2.Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words. Total changes of party and articulate opinion. Carlyle.
3. 3.An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
4. 4.To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.
5. 5.To treat or make terms. [Obs.] Shak.
6. 6.To join or be connected by articulation.
7. 7.To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.
8. 8.To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify. [Obs.]
9. 9.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.
10. 10.To express distinctly; to give utterance to. Luther articulated himself upon a process that hand already begun in the Christian church. Bibliotheca Sacra. To . . . articulate the dumb, deep want of the people. Carlyle.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is articulate.

• What is jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants called?
• What is distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words. Total changes of party and articulate opinion. Carlyle called?
• What is to utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly called?
• What is to join or be connected by articulation called?
• What is to joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints called?
• What is to draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify. [Obs.] called?
• What is 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 called?