Artical vs. Article - What's the difference?

1. Noun

artical

1. Misspelling of article.

1. Etymology

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”).

2. Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːtɪkəl/, [ˈɑːtʰɪkʰəɫ]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹtəkl̩/, [ˈɑ(ː)ɹɾɨkɫ]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪkəl

3. Noun

article (plural articles)

1. A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.
   • Paley

     upon each article of human duty

   • Habington

     each article of time

   • E. Darwin

     the articles which compose the blood

2. A story, report, or opinion piece in a newspaper, magazine, journal, etc.
3. A member of a group or class.

4. An object.

5. (grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).
6. A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc.
7. (derogatory) A person.

   A genuine article.

   A shrewd article.

8. (archaic) A wench.

9. (dated) Subject matter; concern.
   • Addison

     a very great revolution that happened in this article of good breeding

   • Daniel Defoe

     This last article will hardly be believed.

10. (dated) A distinct part.
11. (obsolete) A precise point in time; a moment.
    • 1683, John Evelyn, Diary, 13 July 1683.

      This fatal news coming to Hick's Hall upon the article of my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice.

    • 1805, Charles Hall, The Effects of Civilisation on the People in European States, Original Preface:

      […] who has more opportunities of acquiring the knowledge, than a physician? He is admitted into the dwellings of all ranks of people, and into the innermost parts of them; he sees them by their fireside, at their tables, and in their beds; he sees them at work, and at their recreations; he sees them in health, in sickness, and in the article of death; […]

3.1. Related terms

• articulate
• articulation

4. Verb

article (third-person singular simple present articles, present participle articling, simple past and past participle articled)

1. (transitive) To bind by articles of apprenticeship.

   to article an apprentice to a mechanic

   • 1876, Sabine Baring-Gould, The Vicar of Morwenstow, Chapter LIV

     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.

2. (obsolete) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.
   • 1665, Samuel Pepys, Diary, March 1665

     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.

   • Stat. 33 Geo. III

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

3. To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
   • Jeremy Taylor

     If all his errors and follies were articled against him, the man would seem vicious and miserable.

4.1. Derived terms

• articled clerk

4.2. Further reading

• article in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• article in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

5. Anagrams

• clairet, lacerti, recital