Definition of: articulate

(är·tik′yə·lit) adjective
1. Jointed; segmented.
2. Particularized in articles; specific; distinct.
3. Divided into consecutive syllables so as to form speech.
4. Able to speak, especially to speak well or clearly.
5. Arranged with coherence; interrelated. Also ar·tic′u·lat′ed (-lā′tid).
— v. (är·tik′yə·lāt) ·lat·ed, ·lat·ing. v.t.
1. To utter distinctly, enunciate.
2. To give utterance to; express in words: to articulate your wrongs.
3. Phonet. To produce, as a speech sound, by the movement of the organs of speech.
4. To joint together; unite by joints.
—v.i.
5. To speak distinctly.
6. Phonet. To produce a speech sound.
7. Anat. To form a joint: used with with.
8. Obs. To make terms. See synonyms under SPEAK. [<L articulatus, pp. of articulare divide into joints, utter distinctly <articulus. See ARTICLE.]
—ar·tic′u·late·ly adverb