apprenticingn.
Etymology: < apprentice v. + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: aˈpprenticing.
society > occupation and work > working > career > [noun] > apprenticeship > binding as apprentice
1870 12 Dec. The apprenticing of parish boys.
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