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'prenticing

'prenticing is the present participle and gerund of 'prentice.

Meaning of 'prentice

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) Apheretic form of apprentice.
    • 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?1811, Jane Austen, chapter 30, in Sense and Sensibility
    Synonyms:
    apprentice, prentice

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Questions about 'prenticing

What is 'prenticing the present participle and gerund of?
'prenticing is the present participle and gerund of 'prentice.

Words near 'prenticing in the dictionary

  1. 'preciating
  2. 'preciation
  3. 'prentice
  4. 'prenticed
  5. 'prentices
  6. 'prenticing
  7. 'puter
  8. 'puters
  9. 'q
  10. 'Qs
  11. 'que

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