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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ahr-ti-kuh ld
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑr tɪ kəld

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Définition of articled

Origin :
  • c.1200, "separate parts of anything written" (e.g. the statements in the Apostles' Creed, the clauses of a statute or contract), from Old French article (13c.), from Latin articulus, diminutive of artus "a joint" (from PIE *ar-tu-, from *ar- "to fit together;" (see arm (n.1)).
  • 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 "piece of property" (clothing, etc.) first attested 1796, originally in rogue's cant.
  • As in indentured : adj obligated
  • As in bound : adj obligated; destined
Example sentences :
  • An accident transferred him to the office of a solicitor, and he was articled.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • He is articled to me, and will, I trust, succeed me worthily in your confidence.
  • Extract from : « The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete » by George Meredith
  • A solicitor; your father paid for his stamps when he was articled.
  • Extract from : « Young Blood » by E. W. Hornung
  • It won't be much, but then articled clerks as a rule get nothing.
  • Extract from : « Young Blood » by E. W. Hornung
  • It's some time since I was articled, but the payment of that hundred pounds was a great pull.
  • Extract from : « David Copperfield » by Charles Dickens
  • In 1762, he came to London, and articled himself to an attorney in the Temple.
  • Extract from : « Curiosities of Human Nature » by Anonymous
  • He was articled to a solicitor in Chesterfield, and in 1836 settled at Manchester.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 » by Various
  • The quantity, however, is not prescribed, and other things are articled by some persons.
  • Extract from : « Phallic Miscellanies » by Hargrave Jennings
  • He was articled to a solicitor, but soon exchanged the law for the stage.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 » by Various
  • Is this young gentleman one of the 'prentices or articled ones of your office?
  • Extract from : « Great Expectations » by Charles Dickens

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