Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Articulate

Articulate ({not transcribed}) , adjective

[Latin articulatus. See Articulata.]

1.
Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars. [Archaic] — Bacon
2.
Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.
3.
Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words.
Total changes of party and articulate opinion. — Carlyle

Articulate , noun

(Zoology) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

Articulate ({not transcribed}) , intransitive verb

1.
To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.
2.
To treat or make terms. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
3.
To join or be connected by articulation.

Articulate , transitive verb

1.
To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.
2.
To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify. [Obsolete]
3.
To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language.
To articulate a word. — Ray
4.
To express distinctly; to give utterance to.
Luther articulated himself upon a process that hand already begun in the Christian church. — Bibliotheca Sacra
To... articulate the dumb, deep want of the people. — Carlyle