| articulate | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | able to express oneself fluently and coherently: an articulate lecturer |
| 2. | having the power of speech |
| 3. | distinct, clear, or definite; well-constructed: an articulate voice; an articulate document |
| 4. | zoology (of arthropods and higher vertebrates) possessing joints or jointed segments |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to speak or enunciate (words, syllables, etc) clearly and distinctly |
| 6. | (tr) to express coherently in words |
| 7. | (intr) zoology to be jointed or form a joint |
| 8. | (tr) to separate into jointed segments |
| [C16: from Latin articulāre to divide into joints; see | |
| ar'ticulately | |
| —adv | |
| ar'ticulateness | |
| —n | |
| ar'ticulacy | |
| —n | |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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