articulate (artikulat)

and n. [ articulate human organs, and from the sounds made by the lower animals. The terms articulate, articula tion, etc., as applied to human utterance, are not seldom misunderstood and wrongly used as if the "jointing" intended were that of the physical organs of utterance, a narrowing or closing of the organs at some point or points. Such action, however, belongs to all utterance, articulate or inarticulate, whether of man or of the other animals. See consonant, syllable, vowel, Hence-4. Clear; distinct. La Fo e use's voice was naturally soft and low, yet 'twas an articulate voice. Sterne , Tristram Shandy, v. 1. The sentiment of Right, once very low and indistinct, but ever more articulate , because it is the voice of the universe, pronounces Freedom. Emerson, West Indian Emancipation, p. 175. 5. Formulated or expre ed in articles, or in separate particulars. [Rare.] Total changes of party and articulate opinion. Carlyle . 6t. Consisting of tens: as, articulate numbers. -Articulate adjudication. See adjudication . II. n. One of the Articulata . articulately (är-tik'u-lat-li), adv. 1. In a jointed manner; by joints: as, parts of a body ar ticulately united.-2. In an articulate manner; with distinct utterance of syllables or words. Is it for nothing the wind sounds almost articulately sometimes-sings as I have lately heard it sing at night? Charlotte Brontë , Shirley, xxiv. 3. Article by article; in detail. I had articulately set down in writing our points. Fuller, Ch. Hist., ix. 116. articulatene (är-tik'ū-lat-nes), n. The quality or condition of being articulate. articulation (är-tik-u-la's hon), n. [L. articu latio (n-), a putting forth of new joints, as a vine, a disease of the vine at the joints, lit. a jointing,