articulatea.[L. articulatus. See Articulata.]1. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.(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.)n. (Zol.) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.()v. i.1. To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.()2. To treat or make terms.(Shak.)3. To join or be connected by articulation.()v. t.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.()3. To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language.(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.)