'prentice

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

'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."

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

1. (obsolete) Abbreviation of apprentice.

• (noun, verb): apprentice, prentice

• terpenic