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pren·tice
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tɪs
/
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noun,
verb
Informal
.
apprentice.
Origin:
1250–1300;
Middle English;
aphetic form of
apprentice
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to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
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Pren·tice
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tɪs
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noun
a male given
name
.
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prentice
(ˈprɛntɪs)
—
n
an archaic word for
apprentice
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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prentice
c.1300, aphetic for
apprentice
(q.v.).
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