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).
{ 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.
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.
Ap*prise", n. Notice; information. [Obs.] Gower.
Ap*priz"al, n. See Appraisal.
Ap*prize", v. t. [The same as Appraise, only more accommodated to the English form of the L. pretiare.] To appraise; to value; to appreciate.
Ap*prize"ment, n. Appraisement.
Ap*priz"er, n. 1. An appraiser.