Apprend

/əˈprend/ verb

Definition

To learn or acquire knowledge (archaic/dialectal term, related to apprentice).

Etymology

From Old French aprendre (to learn, teach), from Latin apprendere. Related to 'apprentice' which originally meant 'one being learned to.' This verb is essentially obsolete in modern English, replaced by learn/teach.

Kelly Says

The word 'apprentice' literally means 'someone to whom you apprend'—when the verb died out of English, the noun lived on, leaving us with a word whose parent verb almost nobody uses anymore!

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