Part 574

<blockquote>A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly, and is, by the grace of God, <b>apprehensive</b> of it. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Relating to the faculty of apprehension.</def>

<blockquote>Judgment . . . is implied in every <b>apprehensive</b> act. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.</def>

<blockquote>Not at all <b>apprehensive</b> of evils as a distance. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Reformers . . . <b>apprehensive</b> for their lives. <i>Gladstone.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Sensible; feeling; perceptive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings, Mangle my <b>apprehensive</b>, tenderest parts. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Apprehensively</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap`pre*hen"sive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger.</def>

<h1>Apprehensiveness</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap`pre*hen"sive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being apprehensive.</def>

<h1>Apprentice</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap*pren"tice</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>apprentice</ets>, <ets>prentice</ets>, OF. <ets>aprentis</ets>, nom. of <ets>aprentif</ets>, fr. <ets>apprendare</ets> to learn, L. <ets>apprendere</ets>, equiv. to <ets>apprehendere</ets>, to take hold of (by the mind), to comprehend. See <er>Apprehend</er>, <er>Prentice</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Old law)</fld> <def>A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Apprentice</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap*pren"tice</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Apprenticed</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Apprenticing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.</def>

<h1>Apprenticeage</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap*pren"tice*age</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>apprentissage</ets>.]</ety> <def>Apprenticeship.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Apprenticehood</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap*pren"tice*hood</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Apprenticeship.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Apprenticeship</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap*pren"tice*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one).</def>

<h1>Appressed, Apprest</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw><hw>Ap*pressed"</hw>, <hw>Ap*prest"</hw><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[p. p. <ets>appress</ets>, which is not in use. See <er>Adpress</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem,</def>