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Article   /ˈɑrtəkəl/  /ˈɑrtɪkəl/   Listen
noun
Article  n.  
1.
A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement.
2.
A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.
3.
Subject; matter; concern; distinct. (Obs.) "A very great revolution that happened in this article of good breeding." "This last article will hardly be believed."
4.
A distinct part. "Upon each article of human duty." "Each article of time." "The articles which compose the blood."
5.
A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article. "They would fight not for articles of faith, but for articles of food."
6.
Precise point of time; moment. (Obs. or Archaic) "This fatal news coming to Hick's Hall upon the article of my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice."
7.
(Gram.) One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article.
8.
(Zool.) One of the segments of an articulated appendage.
Articles of Confederation, the compact which was first made by the original thirteen States of the United States. They were adopted March 1, 1781, and remained the supreme law until March, 1789.
Articles of impeachment, an instrument which, in cases of impeachment, performs the same office which an indictment does in a common criminal case.
Articles of war, rules and regulations, fixed by law, for the better government of the army.
In the article of death, at the moment of death; in the dying struggle.
Lords of the articles (Scot. Hist.), a standing committee of the Scottish Parliament to whom was intrusted the drafting and preparation of the acts, or bills for laws.
The Thirty-nine Articles, statements (thirty-nine in number) of the tenets held by the Church of England.


verb
Article  v. t.  (past & past part. articled; pres. part. articling)  
1.
To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars. "If all his errors and follies were articled against him, the man would seem vicious and miserable."
2.
To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles. "He shall be articled against in the high court of admiralty."
3.
To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.


Article  v. i.  To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant. (R.) "Then he articled with her that he should go away when he pleased."





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... the worst. There is another article, and far more damaging, in the indictment. Through Protection, and because of it, Paternalism has crept in; and, like a huge cancerous growth, is eating steadily into the vitals of the political system. Instead of supporting a government economically administered ...
— 'Tis Sixty Years Since • Charles Francis Adams
... unconsidered trifles, and this gentleman was especially interesting. A number of poor women stood around while the salesman, who knew his clientele to their smallest tricks, displayed his wares and recklessly endeavoured to ruin himself for the good of the country. Holding up an article, he would turn it round and round, expatiating on its excellent qualities, and then, after naming the very lowest price consistent with common business principles, would run down the figure to one-tenth or less, ...
— Ireland as It Is - And as It Would be Under Home Rule • Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
... a kind of yam, and sends up a tall stalk, with light green leaves. It has a long root, looking like a piece of wood with the brown bark on; the interior is white and mealy, rather insipid, but nutritious, and invaluable as an article of food. It is raised from the seed, root, or stem; the latter being considered preferable. Its yield is very great. In six months, it is fit to dig, and may be preserved fifteen or eighteen months in the ground, but ceases ...
— Journal of an African Cruiser • Horatio Bridge
... antidote, a sort of spiritual fire, which my New England temperance principles made me refuse to accept? "It is old, very old," he whispered, as he slipped the flask into my coat- pocket, "and it may save your life. Don't be foolish. I have kept it well bottled. It is a pure article, and cost sixteen dollars per gallon. I use it only for medicine." I found the flask; the water had not injured it. A small quantity was taken, when a most favorable change came over my entire system, mental as well as physical, and I was able to throw ...
— Voyage of The Paper Canoe • N. H. Bishop
... domestic arrangements more favourable. For a fortnight the little family were without a female servant; and an old woman, the gardener's wife, showed Miss Herschel the shops, where the high prices of every article, from coals to butcher's meat, appalled her. But of these inconveniences Herschel took no account. Enough for him that he was released from the drudgery of teaching, and free thenceforth to devote himself to the heavens ...
— The Story of the Herschels • Anonymous


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