apprenticed
- 1Simple past and past participle of apprentice.
At fourteen he was apprenticed to a printer in Boston.
She apprenticed under a master violin maker for six years before opening her own workshop.
Note
Two constructions share this one regular spelling. In the passive, the learner is the subject and to names the master or the trade: he was apprenticed to a printer. When the learner acts, the verb stands alone and takes under or with: she apprenticed under a violin maker. The passive grows from placing someone with a master, the active from serving as someone's apprentice.
- 2Serving as an apprentice: being trained in a trade or craft under someone already skilled in it.
The apprenticed electricians work alongside a licensed electrician on every job.
Most of the bakery's night staff are apprenticed, learning the craft under the head baker.
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apprenticed is a form of apprentice
apprentice, verb: To place someone under the care and supervision of a master, so that the master can teach them a trade or business. Full entry
- Forms
- apprenticeapprentices he/she/itapprenticing -ing formapprenticed past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- apprentice → apprenticed: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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