Article

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A distinct part.

II. Article ·noun Precise point of time; moment.

III. Article ·noun Subject; matter; concern; distinct.

IV. Article ·noun One of the segments of an articulated appendage.

V. Article ·noun To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.

VI. Article ·noun To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.

VII. Article ·noun To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.

VIII. Article ·noun A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia.

IX. Article ·noun A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article.

X. Article ·vi To agree by articles; to Stipulate; to Bargain; to Covenant.

XI. Article ·noun 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.

XII. Article ·noun 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.

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