| • | 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. |