3. Relating to the faculty of apprehension.
Judgment . . . is implied in every apprehensive act.
Sir W. Hamilton.
4. Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in
expectation of evil.
Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance.
Tillotson.
Reformers . . . apprehensive for their lives.
Gladstone.
5. Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [R.]
Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings,
Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts.
Milton.
Apprehensively
(Ap`pre*hen"sive*ly), adv. In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger.
Apprehensiveness
(Ap`pre*hen"sive*ness), n. The quality or state of being apprehensive.
Apprentice
(Ap*pren"tice) n. [OE. apprentice, prentice, OF. aprentis, nom. of aprentif, fr. apprendare
to learn, L. apprendere, equiv. to apprehendere, to take hold of to comprehend. See Apprehend,
Prentice.]
1. 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.
2. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
3. (Old law) A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be
called to the rank of serjeant. [Obs.] Blackstone.
Apprentice
(Ap*pren"tice), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apprenticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprenticing.] To bind to,
or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
Apprenticeage
(Ap*pren"tice*age), n. [F. apprentissage.] Apprenticeship. [Obs.]
Apprenticehood
(Ap*pren"tice*hood), n. Apprenticeship. [Obs.]
Apprenticeship
(Ap*pren"tice*ship), n.
1. The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade
or art, under legal agreement.
2. The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-
one).
Appressed
(Ap*pressed", Ap*prest"), a. [p. p. appress, which is not in use. See Adpress.] (Bot.)
Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem. Gray.
Apprise
(Ap*prise"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apprised; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprising.] [F. appris, fem. apprise,
p. p. apprendre to learn, to teach, to inform. Cf. Apprehend, Apprentice.] To give notice, verbal or
written; to inform; — followed by of; as, we will apprise the general of an intended attack; he apprised
the commander of what he had done.
Apprise
(Ap*prise"), n. Notice; information. [Obs.] Gower.
Apprizal
(Ap*priz"al), n. See Appraisal.
