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.
Articulate
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
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.
1. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
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.
Articulate
[Verb intransitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to
enunciate; to speak distinctly.
2. To treat or make terms.
Articulate
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.
3. To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to
enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language.
4. To express distinctly; to give
utterance to.
Articulated
[Participle passive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. Uttered distinctly in syllables or words.
2. Jointed; having joints, as a plant.
1. United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton.
2. Produced, as a letter, syllable, or word, by the organs of speech; pronounced.
1. With distinct
utterance of syllables or words.
2. Article by article; in detail.
1. After the manner, or in the form, of a joint.
2. Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely.
3. With distinct
utterance of the separate sounds.
