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'prentice
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prentice Prentice
English
Etymology
From enm prentice, an old (en enm -) apheretic form of enm apprentice, with the apostrophe added to indicate the lost letters.
Noun
en obsolete en apprentice.
en 1838 w:Charles Dickens w:Oliver Twist 3 "You're going to be made a 'prentice of, Oliver."
Verb
en obsolete en apprentice.
en 1811 Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility 30 https://www.janeausten.org/sense-and-sensibility/sense-and-sensibility-online.php Two thousand a-year without debt or drawback — except for the little love-child, indeed; aye, I had forgot her; but she may be 'prenticed out at a small cost, and then what does it signify?
Synonyms
noun, verb en apprentice, en prentice
Anagrams
en ceeinprt terpenic