Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to article
Participle: articled
Gerund: articling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | article |
| you | article |
| he;she;it | articles |
| we | article |
| you | article |
| they | article |
Perfect
| I | have articled |
| you | have articled |
| he;she;it | has articled |
| we | have articled |
| you | have articled |
| they | have articled |
Past
| I | articled |
| you | articled |
| he;she;it | articled |
| we | articled |
| you | articled |
| they | articled |
Pluperfect
| I | had articled |
| you | had articled |
| he;she;it | had articled |
| we | had articled |
| you | had articled |
| they | had articled |
Future
| I | will article |
| you | will article |
| he;she;it | will article |
| we | will article |
| you | will article |
| they | will article |
Future Perfect
| I | will have articled |
| you | will have articled |
| he;she;it | will have articled |
| we | will have articled |
| you | will have articled |
| they | will have articled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | article |
| you | article |
| he;she;it | article |
| we | article |
| you | article |
| they | article |
Perfect
| I | have articled |
| you | have articled |
| he;she;it | have articled |
| we | have articled |
| you | have articled |
| they | have articled |
Imperfect
| I | articled |
| you | articled |
| he;she;it | articled |
| we | articled |
| you | articled |
| they | articled |
Pluperfect
| I | had articled |
| you | had articled |
| he;she;it | had articled |
| we | had articled |
| you | had articled |
| they | had articled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would article |
| you | would article |
| he;she;it | would article |
| we | would article |
| you | would article |
| they | would article |
Perfect
| I | would have articled |
| you | would have articled |
| he;she;it | would have articled |
| we | would have articled |
| you | would have articled |
| they | would have articled |
Imperative
| you | article |
| we | Let's article |
| you | article |
Verbs conjugated like 'article'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'article'
advice,
affile,
anticize,
antique,
arace,
araise,
arcticize,
arise,
arride,
arrive,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1230, "separate parts of anything written" (e.g. the statements in the Apostles' Creed, the clauses of a statute or contract), from O.Fr. article, from L. articulus, dim. of artus "a joint" (from PIE *ar-tu-, from *ar- "to fit together"). Meaning extended to "a small division," then generalized to "item, thing." Older sense preserved in Articles of War "military regulations" (1716) and Articles of Confederation (U.S. history). Meaning "literary composition in a journal, etc." (independent, but part of a larger work) first recorded 1712. Meaning "pieces of property" (clothing, etc.) first attested 1796, originally in rogue's cant.
2. From Middle English article, from Old French article, from Latin articulus (“a joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”), from Latin artus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂értus (“that which is fit together; juncture, ordering”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join, fit (together)”). Doublet of articulus.
Sample Sentences
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to article an apprentice to a mechanic
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When the boy left school at Liskeard, he was articled to a lawyer, Mr. Jacobson, at Plymouth, a wealthy man in good practice, first cousin to his mother; but this sort of profession did not at all approve itself to Robert's taste, and he only remained with Mr. Jacobson a few months. [1876, Sabine Baring-Gould, “Chapter LIV”, in The Vicar of Morwenstow:]
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After educational training at Hayes Grammar School and Hayes College, Mr. Nokes was articled to a Surveyor and Land Agent in 1885, and, at the expiration of his articles, became a partner in the firm. [1948 May and June, “G. A. Sekon”, in Railway Magazine, page 145:]
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At noon dined alone with Sir W. Batten, where great discourse of Sir W. Pen, Sir W. Batten being, I perceive, quite out of love with him, thinking him too great and too high, and began to talk that the world do question his courage, upon which I told him plainly I have been told that he was articled against for it, and that Sir H. Vane was his great friend therein. [1665 April 3 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “March 25th, 1665 (Lady day)”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume IV, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1894, →OCLC, page 381:]
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[…] if the Captain of any Merchant ship under convoy shall wilfully disobey Signals […] he shall be liable to be articled against in the High Court of Admiralty […] [1793, Manning of the Navy Act (Statutes of George III 33 c. 66) ¶VIIIhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31970009469807]
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If […]all his errors and follies were articled against him, the man would seem vicious and miserable. [1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:]