Definition of rearticulate
rearticulated;
rearticulating;
rearticulates
: to articulate (something) again: such as
a
: to give new or further utterance or expression to
- … a small team has been tasked with rearticulating the college's mission and identity statement.
- —James K. A. Smith
b
: to reassemble and join together all or some of (the bones comprising the skeleton of a dead animal)
- The "Dino Daze" festival was built around the return of the allosaurus, which was scientifically rearticulated by Hadley Exhibits.
- —Mark Sommer
- rearticulated the fox skeleton using wire and glue
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rearticulation
play \(ˌ)rē-(ˌ)är-ˌti-kyə-ˈlā-shən\ noun, plural rearticulations-
- It is, therefore, a voice that richly merits reexposure and rearticulation …
- —Menachem Fisch
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- … the rearticulation of a killer whale skeleton.
- —Shannon Haugland
