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articulate

[ahr-tik-yuh-leyt]

1. uttered clearly in distinct syllables.

2. capable of speech; NOT speechless.

3. using language easily and fluently; having facility with words.

4. expressed, formulated or presented with clarity and effectiveness.

5. made clear, distinct, and precise in relation to other parts.

origin.

1590s, "to divide speech into distinct parts," from L. articulatus, pp. of articulare "to seperate into joints," also "to utter distinctly, "from articulus joint". Generalized sense of "express in words" is from 1690s. Literal sense, "to join, to attach by joints, is attested from 1610s. Earlier senses, "to set forth in articles"......