DIMENSIONS: DENOTATION / Quality
R E F E R E N C E S
Articulate -adj. 1. uttered clearly in distinct syllables. 2. capable of speech. 3. using language easily and fluently; having facility with words: an articulate person. 4. expressed, formulated, or presented with clarlity and effectiveness: an articulate speech. 5. clear, distinct, and precise in relation to other parts: an articulate form. 6. organized into a coherent or meaningful whole: an articulate system of philosophy. 7. Zool. having joints or articulations; composed of segments. -v.t. 8. to pronounce clearly and distinctly. 9. Phonet. to make the movements and adjustments of the speech organs necessary to utter [a speech sound]. 10. to give clarity or distinction to: to articulate an idea. 11. to bring the various parts of [a work of art, a field of perception, a system of thought, etc.] into a meaningful or coherent relationship. 12. to unite by a joint or joints. -v.i. 13. to pronounce clearly each of a succession of speech sounds, syllables, or words. 14. Phonet. to articulate a speech sound. 15. Anat. Zool. to form a joint. -n. 16. a segmented invertebrate. [< L articulátus distinct; lit., jointed [ptp. of articuláre]. See article, -ate1]
[Urdang, Laurence, ed. Random House Dictionary of The English Language. New York: Random House, 1968.]
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