Articulate \Ar*tic"u*late\, a. [L. articulatus. See
   {Articulata}.]
   1. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
      [Archaic] --Bacon.
      
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   2. Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united
      by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.
      
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   3. Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible;
      characterized by division into words and syllables; as,
      articulate speech, sounds, words.
      
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            Total changes of party and articulate opinion.
                                                  --Carlyle.
      
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Articulate \Ar*tic"u*late\, n. (Zool.)
   An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
   
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Articulate \Ar*tic"u*late\, v. 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.
      
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   2. To treat or make terms. [Obs.] --Shak.
      
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   3. To join or be connected by articulation.
      
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Articulate \Ar*tic"u*late\, v. t.
   1. To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together
      with joints or at the joints.
      
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   2. To draw up or write in separate articles; to
      particularize; to specify. [Obs.]
      
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   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.
      
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   4. To express distinctly; to give utterance to.
      
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            Luther articulated himself upon a process that hand
            already begun in the Christian church. --Bibliotheca
                                                  Sacra.
      
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            To . . . articulate the dumb, deep want of the
            people.                               --Carlyle.
      
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