APPRENTICE AS A VERB

Verb

apprentice (third-person singular simple present apprentices, present participle apprenticing, simple past and past participle apprenticed)

1. (transitive) To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.His father had apprenticed him to a silk merchant.He was *apprenticed to a local employer.*
2. (transitive) To be an apprentice to.Joe apprenticed three different photographers before setting up his own studio.