2. To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles.

He shall be articled against in the high court of admiralty.

Stat. 33 Geo. III.

3. To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic.

Ar"ti*cle, v. i. To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant. [R.]

Then he articled with her that he should go away when he pleased.

Selden.

Ar"ti*cled (&?;), a. Bound by articles; apprenticed; as, an articled clerk.

Ar*tic"u*lar (&?;), a. [L. articularis: cf. F. articulaire. See Article, n.] Of or pertaining to the joints; as, an articular disease; an articular process.

{ Ar*tic"u*lar (&?;), Ar*tic"u*la*ry (&?;), } n. (Anat.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

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Ar*tic"u*lar*ly (är*tk"*lr*l), adv. In an articular or an articulate manner.

||Ar*tic`u*la"ta (är*tk`*l"t), n. pl. [Neut. pl. from L. articulatus furnished with joints, distinct, p. p. of articulare. See Article, v.] (Zoöl.) 1. One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers.

It includes those Invertebrata having the body composed of a series of ringlike segments (arthromeres). By some writers, the unsegmented worms (helminths) have also been included; by others it is restricted to the Arthropoda. It corresponds nearly with the Annulosa of some authors. The chief subdivisions are Arthropoda (Insects, Myriapoda, Malacopoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Crustacea); and Anarthropoda, including the Annelida and allied forms.

2. One of the subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge.

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