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/ɑrtˈɪkjəlˌeɪt/ /ɑrtˈɪkjələt/ Listen

verb

Articulate v. t.

1.

To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.

2.

To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify. (Obs.)

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."

4.

To express distinctly; to give utterance to. "Luther articulated himself upon a process that hand already begun in the Christian church." "To... articulate the dumb, deep want of the people."

Articulate v. i. (past & past part. articulated; pres. part. articulating)

1.

To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.

2.

To treat or make terms. (Obs.)

3.

To join or be connected by articulation.

adjective

Articulate adj.

1.

Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars. (Archaic)

2.

Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.

3.

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."

noun

Articulate n. (Zool.) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

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"Articulate" Quotes from Famous Books

... then his hand went out to the sofa as if in search of support, and with an articulate though audible "Damn!" he sank ...

— Nell, of Shorne Mills - or, One Heart's Burden • Charles Garvice

... Therefore, to train the child's attention to follow sounds and noises which are produced in the environment, to recognize them and to discriminate between them, is to prepare his attention to follow more accurately the sounds of articulate language. The teacher must be careful to pronounce clearly and completely the sounds of the word when she speaks to a child, even though she may be speaking in a low voice, almost as if telling him a secret. The children's songs are also ...

— Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook • Maria Montessori

... with a gesture, partly of extreme terror, and partly as if invoking a curse, attempted to speak, but could not articulate one word. "No, no!" she said, as she fell into Montalais's arms, murmuring: "Do not touch me, do ...

— The Vicomte de Bragelonne - Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three - Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" • Alexandre Dumas

... being money-vote for Navy. Major by this time hauled down in his seat. Up again, like Jack out of box. Chairman also on his feet, putting next vote; hubbub tremendous; Major's lips observed in motion; not an articulate syllable ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 25, 1893 • Various

... which she never doubted was near at hand. A long, long time it seemed since she had sold herself to degradation: with this one hope. You see that she had formulated her philosophy of life since then; a child of the nether world whom fate had endowed with intellect, she gave articulate utterance to what is seething in the brains of thousands who fight and perish in the obscure depths. The bitter bargain was issuing to her profit at last; she would yet attain that end which had shone through all her misery—to be known as ...

— The Nether World • George Gissing

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