| • | 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. |
| • | A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia. |
| • | Subject; matter; concern; distinct. |
| • | A distinct part. |
| • | A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article. |
| • | Precise point of time; moment. |
| • | 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. |
| • | One of the segments of an articulated appendage. |
| • | To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars. |
| • | To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles. |
| • | To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic. |
| • | To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant. |
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