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Webster 1913 Edition

Articulate

Ar-tic′u-late

,
Adj.
[L.
articulatus
. See
Articulata
.]
1.
Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
[Archaic]
Bacon.
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.
Carlyle.

Ar-tic′u-late

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

Ar-tic′u-late

,
Verb.
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.
2.
To treat or make terms.
[Obs.]
Shak.
3.
To join or be connected by articulation.

Ar-tic′u-late

,
Verb.
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.”
Ray.
4.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Articulate

ARTIC'ULATE

,
Adj.
[L. articulatus, jointed, distinct.]
1.
Formed by jointing or articulation of the organs of speech; applied to sound. An articulate sound is made by closing and opening the organs of speech. The junction or closing of the organs forms a joint or articulation, as in the syllables ab, ad, ap; in passing from one articulation to another, the organs are, or may be opened, and a vowel is uttered, as in attune; and the different articulations, with the intervening vocal sounds, from what is called articulate sounds; sounds distinct, separate, and modified by articulation or jointing. This articulation constitutes the prominent difference between the human voice and that of brutes. Brutes open the mouth and make vocal sounds, but have either not at all, or very imperfectly, the power of articulation.
2.
Expressed in articles, or in separate particulars. [Not used.]
3.
Jointed; formed with joints.

ARTIC'ULATE

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To utter articulate sounds; to utter distinct syllables or words.
2.
To draw up or write in separate particulars. [Not used.]
3.
To treat, stipulate or make terms. [Not used.]
4.
To joint.

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