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Articulate
Definitions
- 1 Clear; effective.
- 2 Speaking in a clear and effective manner; having both good articulation and good elocution.
"She’s a bright, articulate young woman."
- 3 Consisting of segments united by joints.
"jointed articulate animals"
- 4 Distinctly marked off.
"an articulate period in history"
- 5 Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars. obsolete
"articulate sounds"
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- 6 Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals. obsolete
"Brutes cannot form articulate Sounds, cannot articulate the Sounds of the Voice, excepting some few Birds, as the Parrot, Pye, &c."
- 7 Articulated (all senses). obsolete
"Theſe things indeede you haue articulate(d), Proclaim'd at Market Croſſes, read in Churches, To face the Garment of Rebellion VVith ſome fine colour, that may pleaſe the eye Of fickle Changelings, and poore Diſcontents, Which gape, and rub the Elbovv at the nevves Of hurly burly Innouation : And neuer yet did Inſurrection vvant Such vvater-colours, to impaint his cauſe : Nor moody Beggars, ſtaruing for a time Of pell-mell hauocke, and confuſion,"
- 1 expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language wordnet
- 2 consisting of segments held together by joints wordnet
- 1 An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
"They considered articulates to be pre-adapted for an eleutherozoic existence because they possess muscular arms which are potentially of value in crawling and swimming, as in comatulids."
- 1 To make clear or effective. transitive
- 2 express or state clearly wordnet
- 3 To speak clearly; to enunciate. ambitransitive
"I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly."
- 4 speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way wordnet
- 5 To explain; to put into words; to make something specific. transitive
"I like this painting, but I can’t articulate why."
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- 6 put into words or an expression wordnet
- 7 To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend. transitive
"an articulated bus"
- 8 provide with a joint wordnet
- 9 To attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc. transitive
"Articulate that passage heavily."
- 10 unite by forming a joint or joints wordnet
- 11 To form a joint or connect by joints. intransitive
"The lower jaw articulates with the skull at the temporomandibular joint."
- 12 To treat or make terms. obsolete
"Send us to Rome / The best, with whom we may articulate / For their own good and ours."
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in 1531, the verb in 1551; borrowed from Latin articulātus (“distinct, articulated, jointed”), perfect passive participle of articulō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
The adjective is first attested in 1531, the verb in 1551; borrowed from Latin articulātus (“distinct, articulated, jointed”), perfect passive participle of articulō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
The adjective is first attested in 1531, the verb in 1551; borrowed from Latin articulātus (“distinct, articulated, jointed”), perfect passive participle of articulō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
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