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apprenticed

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ap·pren·tice  (-prnts)
n.
1. One bound by legal agreement to work for another for a specific amount of time in return for instruction in a trade, art, or business.
2. One who is learning a trade or occupation, especially as a member of a labor union.
3. A beginner; a learner.
tr.v. ap·pren·ticed, ap·pren·tic·ing, ap·pren·tic·es
To place or take on as a beginner or learner.

[Middle English apprentis, from Old French aprentis, from Vulgar Latin *apprnditcius, from *apprnditus, alteration of Latin apprehnsus, past participle of apprehendere, to seize; see apprehend.]

ap·prentice·ship n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.apprenticed - bound by contract
unfree - hampered and not free; not able to act at will


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He had better have apprenticed her,' said Childers, giving his hair another shake, as he looked up from the empty box.
It was only his apprenticed boys whose irrepressible spirits were not affected by the solemn and respectable mediocrity of that artist.
Fuchs had been apprenticed to a cabinetmaker in the old country and was very handy with tools.
 
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