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articulate

ar·tic·u·late [ aar tíkyə làyt ]


verb  (past and past participle ar·tic·u·lat·ed, present participle ar·tic·u·lat·ing, 3rd person present singular ar·tic·u·lates)
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb communicate something: to express thoughts, ideas, or feelings coherently
unable to articulate his grief

2. transitive and intransitive verb speak distinctly: to pronounce something or speak clearly

3. transitive and intransitive verb join to allow movement: to form the kind of joint or connection that allows movement

4. intransitive verb speak intelligibly: to utter intelligible speech



adjective 
Definition:
 
1. eloquent: able to express thoughts, ideas, or feelings coherently

2. coherent: spoken or expressed clearly

3. able to speak: possessing the power of speech

4. jointed: with joints or jointed segments, as in the bodies of higher vertebrates and arthropods ( technical )

[Mid-16th century. < Latin articulatus, past participle of articulare "divide into joints, speak distinctly" < articulus "joint" (see article)]

ar·tic·u·la·ble adjective
ar·tic·u·la·cy noun
ar·tic·u·late·ly adverb
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