"prentice" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prentices [plural]
Etymology: An old (Middle English) aphetic form of apprentice: that is, a form which lost the unstressed initial vowel a and reduced the initial double pp to a single p. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|-}} Middle English Head templates: {{en-noun}} prentice (plural prentices)
  1. (obsolete) An apprentice. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-prentice-en-noun-Crdp6MHq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50

Verb

Forms: prentices [present, singular, third-person], prenticing [participle, present], prenticed [participle, past], prenticed [past]
Etymology: An old (Middle English) aphetic form of apprentice: that is, a form which lost the unstressed initial vowel a and reduced the initial double pp to a single p. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|-}} Middle English Head templates: {{en-verb}} prentice (third-person singular simple present prentices, present participle prenticing, simple past and past participle prenticed)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To apprentice. Tags: obsolete, transitive Synonyms: apprentice [noun, verb], 'prentice [noun, verb]
    Sense id: en-prentice-en-verb-yqzDom8p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50

Inflected forms

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