All 3 Uses of
articulate
in
Moby Dick
- Though Jeremy Bentham's skeleton, which hangs for candelabra in the library of one of his executors, correctly conveys the idea of a burly-browed utilitarian old gentleman, with all Jeremy's other leading personal characteristics; yet nothing of this kind could be inferred from any leviathan's articulated bones.†
Chpt 55-57
- Sir Clifford's whale has been articulated throughout; so that, like a great chest of drawers, you can open and shut him, in all his bony cavities—spread out his ribs like a gigantic fan—and swing all day upon his lower jaw.†
Chpt 100-102 *
- …as it were, of the Equatorial fishing-ground, and in the deep darkness that goes before the dawn, was sailing by a cluster of rocky islets; the watch—then headed by Flask—was startled by a cry so plaintively wild and unearthly—like half-articulated wailings of the ghosts of all Herod's murdered Innocents—that one and all, they started from their reveries, and for the space of some moments stood, or sat, or leaned all transfixedly listening, like the carved Roman slave, while that…†
Chpt 124-126
Definition:
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(articulate as in: articulate her ideas) the act of or ability of clearly expressing with words; or to clearly express with wordsThe exact meaning of articulate depends upon its context. For example:
- "She is articulate and persuasive." -- well-spoken (expresses her ideas clearly)
- "She articulated what everyone was thinking." -- said aloud
- "After the stroke, she had to learn to articulate her consonants." -- speak distinctly (so each word can be understood)