Sentence:  When the boy left school at Liskeard, he was <WSD>articled</WSD> 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. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To bind by articles of apprenticeship.