ar'ticulacy

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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 article]
 
ar'ticulately
 
adv
 
ar'ticulateness
 
n
 
ar'ticulacy
 
n

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