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. [1913 Webster]
A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia. [1913 Webster]
Subject; matter; concern; distinct. [1913 Webster]
"A very great revolution that happened in this article of good breeding." [1913 Webster]

"This last article will hardly be believed." [1913 Webster]
A distinct part. [1913 Webster]
"The articles which compose the blood." [1913 Webster]
A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article. [1913 Webster]
"They would fight not for articles of faith, but for articles of food." [1913 Webster]
Precise point of time; moment. [1913 Webster]
"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." [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
One of the segments of an articulated appendage. [1913 Webster]

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 [L. in articulo mortis], 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.

article, v. t. [Cf. F. articuler, fr. L. articulare. See Article, n., Articulate.].

To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars. [1913 Webster]
"If all his errors and follies were articled against him, the man would seem vicious and miserable." [1913 Webster]
To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles. [1913 Webster]
"He shall be articled against in the high court of admiralty." [1913 Webster]
To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic. [1913 Webster]

article, v. i.

To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant. [1913 Webster]

"Then he articled with her that he should go away when he pleased." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

article, n. & v.
--n.
1 (often in pl.) an item or commodity, usu. not further distinguished (a collection of odd articles).
2 a non-fictional essay, esp. one included with others in a newspaper, magazine, journal, etc.
3 a a particular part (an article of faith). b a separate clause or portion of any document (articles of apprenticeship).
4 Gram. the definite or indefinite article.
--v.tr. bind by articles of apprenticeship.

Idiom

definite article Gram. the word (the in English) preceding a noun and implying a specific or known instance (as in the book on the table; the art of government; the famous public school in Berkshire). indefinite article Gram. the word (e.g. a, an, some in English) preceding a noun and implying lack of specificity (as in bought me a book; government is an art; went to a public school). the Thirty-nine Articles a set of beliefs affirmed by the ministers of the Church of England.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. L articulus dimin. of artus joint

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THESAURUS

article

accuse, affair, allege, apprentice, arraign, article of commerce, article of merchandise, artifact, aspect, autograph, back matter, beat, bind, bind over, book, brainchild, bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, budget of news, case, causerie, chapter, charge, cite, clause, column, commodity, complain, composition, computer printout, copy, count, critique, datum, definite article, denounce, denunciate, descant, detail, determinative, determiner, dingus, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, division, document, dofunny, dohickey, dojigger, dojiggy, domajig, domajigger, doodad, dowhacky, draft, drug, edited version, element, engrossment, entity, eppes, essay, etude, etwas, examination, exclusive, excursus, exposition, facet, fact, factor, fair copy, fascicle, fasten on, fasten upon, feature, fiction, final draft, finger, finished version, first approach, first draft, flimsy, flumadiddle, folio, front matter, gadget, gathering, gigamaree, gimmick, gizmo, hang something on, hickey, holograph, homily, hootenanny, hootmalalie, impeach, imply, impute, incidental, indefinite article, indenture, indict, individual, inform against, inform on, insinuate, installment, instance, integer, introductory study, item, jigger, lay charges, lead item, leader, letter, literae scriptae, literary artefact, literary production, literature, livraison, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, loss leader, lucubration, manifesto, manuscript, material thing, matter, memoir, minor detail, minutia, minutiae, module, monograph, morceau, news item, nonfiction, note, noun determiner, number, object, opus, original, outline, page, pandect, paper, paragraph, parchment, part, particular, passage, penscript, person, persona, phrase, piece, piece of writing, pin on, play, poem, point, prefer charges, preliminary study, press charges, printed matter, printout, product, production, prolegomenon, put on report, quelque chose, reading matter, recension, regard, report, reproach, research paper, respect, scoop, screed, scrip, script, scrive, scroll, second draft, seconds, section, segment, sentence, serial, sheet, signature, single, singleton, sketch, something, soul, special, special article, spot news, standard article, staple, staple item, statement, story, study, survey, take to task, task, taunt with, tax, term paper, text, the written word, theme, thesis, thing, thingum, thingumadoodle, thingumajig, thingumajigger, thingumaree, thingummy, tract, tractate, transcript, transcription, treatise, treatment, twit, typescript, unit, vendible, verse, version, volume, ware, whatchy, widget, work, writing

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article

Book

N booklet, writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule, tract, tractate, livret, brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion, circular, publication, chap book, part, issue, number livraison, album, portfolio, periodical, serial, magazine, ephemeris, annual, journal, paper, bill, sheet, broadsheet, leaf, leaflet, fly leaf, page, quire, ream, chapter, section, head, article, paragraph, passage, clause, endpapers, frontispiece, cover, binding, folio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, sextodecimo, octodecimo, encyclopedia, encompilation, library, bibliotheca, press, definitive work, treatise, comprehensive treatise (dissertation), writer, author, litterateur, essayist, journalism, pen, scribbler, the scribbling race, literary hack, Grub-street writer, writer for the press, gentleman of the press, representative of the press, adjective jerker, diaskeaust, ghost, hack writer, ink slinger, publicist, reporter, penny a liner, editor, subeditor, playwright, poet, bookseller, publisher, bibliopole, bibliopolist, librarian, bookstore, bookshop, bookseller's shop, knowledge of books, bibliography, book learning, among the giant fossils of my past, craignez tout d'un auteur en courroux, for authors nobler palms remain, I lived to write and wrote to live, look in thy heart and write, there is no Past so long as Books shall live, the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writ, volumes that I prize above my dukedom.

Dissertation

N dissertation, treatise, essay, thesis, theme, monograph, tract, tractate, tractation, discourse, memoir, disquisition, lecture, sermon, homily, pandect, excursus, commentary, review, critique, criticism, article, leader, leading article, editorial, running commentary, investigation, study, discussion, exposition, commentator, critic, essayist, pamphleteer, discursive, discoursive, disquisitionary, expository.

Substantiality

N substantiality, hypostasis, person, being, thing, object, article, item, something, a being, an existence, creature, body, substance, flesh and blood, stuff, substratum, matter, corporeity, element, essential nature, groundwork, materiality, substantialness, vital part, world, plenum, substantive, substantial, hypostatic, personal, bodily, tangible, corporeal, substantially, bodily, essentially.

Part

N part, portion, dose, item, particular, aught, any, division, ward, subdivision, section, chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse, article, passage, sector, segment, fraction, fragment, cantle, frustum, detachment, parcel, piece, lump, bit cut, cutting, chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale, lamina, small part, morsel, particle, installment, dividend, share, debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus, excerpta, member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig, runner, leaf, leaflet, stump, component part, sarmentum, compartment, department, county, fractional, fragmentary, sectional, aliquot, divided, in compartments, multifid, disconnected, partial, partly, in part, partially, piecemeal, part by part, by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets, bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop, in detail, in lots.

Merchandise

N merchandise, ware, commodity, effects, goods, article, stock, product, produce, staple commodity, stock in trade, cargo.

Materiality

N materiality, materialness, corporeity, corporality, substantiality, substantialness, flesh and blood, plenum, physical condition, matter, body, substance, brute matter, stuff, element, principle, parenchyma, material, substratum, hyle, corpus, pabulum, frame, object, article, thing, something, still life, stocks and stones, materials, physics, somatology, somatics, natural philosophy, experimental philosophy, physicism, physical science, philosophie positive, materialism, materialist, physicist, somatism, somatist, material, bodily, corporeal, corporal, physical, somatic, somatoscopic, sensible, tangible, ponderable, palpable, substantial, objective, impersonal, nonsubjective, neuter, unspiritual, materialistic.

Record

N record, trace, vestige, relic, remains, scar, cicatrix, footstep, footmark, footprint, pug, track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste, monument, hatchment, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement, obelisk, pillar, column, monolith, memorial, memento, testimonial, medal, commemoration, record, note, minute, register, registry, roll, cartulary, diptych, Domesday book, catalogue raisonne, entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket, notch, muniment, deed, document, deposition, proces verbal, affidavit, certificate, notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book, portfolio, pigeonholes, excerpta, adversaria, jottings, dottings, gazette, gazetteer, newspaper, daily, magazine, almanac, almanack, calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger, cashbook, petty cashbook, professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article, archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book, statistics, compte rendu, Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of, Hansard's Debates, chronicle, annals, legend, history, biography, Congressional Records, registration, registry, enrollment, inrollment, tabulation, entry, booking, signature, recorder, journalism, recording, tape recording, videotape, compact disk, floppy disk, diskette, hard disk, Winchester disk, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, on record, exegi monumentum aere perennium, read their history in a nation's eyes, records that defy the tooth of time.

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