apprentice
verb/əˈprentɪs/
/əˈprentɪs/
[usually passive] (old-fashioned)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they apprentice | /əˈprentɪs/ /əˈprentɪs/ |
| he / she / it apprentices | /əˈprentɪsɪz/ /əˈprentɪsɪz/ |
| past simple apprenticed | /əˈprentɪst/ /əˈprentɪst/ |
| past participle apprenticed | /əˈprentɪst/ /əˈprentɪst/ |
| -ing form apprenticing | /əˈprentɪsɪŋ/ /əˈprentɪsɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody an apprentice
- be apprenticed (to somebody) (as something) He was apprenticed to his uncle as a carpenter.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French aprentis (from apprendre ‘learn’, from Latin apprehendere ‘apprehend’), on the pattern of words ending in -tis, -tif, from Latin -tivus (see -ive).Definitions on the go
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