'prentice

See also: prentice and Prentice

English

Etymology

From prentice, an old (Middle English) aphetic form of apprentice, with the apostrophe added to indicate the lost letters.

Noun

'prentice (plural 'prentices)

1. (obsolete) Abbreviation of apprentice.
   • 1838, Charles Dickens, chapter III, in 'Oliver Twist:

     "You're going to be made a 'prentice of, Oliver."

Verb

'prentice (third-person singular simple present 'prentices, present participle 'prenticing, simple past and past participle 'prenticed)

1. (obsolete) Abbreviation of apprentice.

Synonyms

• (noun, verb): apprentice, prentice

Anagrams

• terpenic