arte, arcte

t. [O. Fr. arter = to force; Lat, art us, arctus = pre ed together; hence close, confined, from arto to shut up, to confine.] To constrain, to force, to urge, to compel, to prompt. "And over al this, myche more he thoght What to speke, and what to holdyn inne, And what to artyn." Chaucer: Troilus & Creseide, 1. 389-91. "Love arted me to do my observaunce To his estate, and done him obciscunce." my observauncece" Chaucer: Court of Love, 46-7. * ar-těl, 8. [Ru ian (?).] Comm. An a ociation of labourers who became responsible as a body for the honesty of each individual member of the brotherhood. They placed their earnings in a common fund, whence each received enough for his support, the rest being distributed among the members at the close of the year. Many were Ru ian crown serfs, chiefly in the province of Archangel.