verb

1. To make clear or effective.

2. To speak clearly; to enunciate.

   "I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly."

3. To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.

   "I like this painting, but I can’t articulate why."

4. To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.

   "an articulated bus"

5. To attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.

   "Articulate that passage heavily."

6. To form a joint or connect by joints

   "The lower jaw articulates with the skull at the temporomandibular joint."

7. To treat or make terms.