ARTICULATE

vi to treat or make terms.

2. articulate ·noun an animal of the subkingdom articulata.

3. articulate ·vi to join or be connected by articulation.

4. articulate ·vt to express distinctly; to give utterance to.

5. articulate ·adj expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

6. articulate ·adj jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.

7. articulate ·vt to joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.

8. articulate ·vt to draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify.

9. articulate ·vi to utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.

10. articulate ·adj distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words.

11. articulate ·vt to form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language.