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Definition of apprentice verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

apprentice

verb

NAmE//əˈprɛntəs//

[usually passive] apprentice somebody (to somebody) (as something) (old-fashioned)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they apprentice

he / she / it apprentices

past simple apprenticed

-ing form apprenticing

to make someone an apprentice He was apprenticed to his uncle as a carpenter.

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