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Webster 1913 Edition
Addict
Ad-dict′
,p.
p.
Addicted; devoted.
[Obs.]
Ad-dict′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Addicted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Addicting
.] 1.
To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; – with to.
“They addict themselves to the civil law.” Evelyn.
He is
addicted
to his study. Beau. & Fl.
That part of mankind that
addict
their minds to speculations. Adventurer.
His genius
addicted
him to the study of antiquity. Fuller.
A man gross . . . and
addicted
to low company. Macaulay.
2.
To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.
[Obs.]
The land about is exceedingly
addicted
to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. Evelyn.
Syn. –
Addict
, Devote
, Consecrate
, Dedicate
. Addict was formerly used in a good sense; as, addicted to letters; but is now mostly employed in a bad sense or an indifferent one; as, addicted to vice; addicted to sensual indulgence. “Addicted to staying at home.” J. S. Mill.
Devote is always taken in a good sense, expressing habitual earnestness in the pursuit of some favorite object; as, devoted to science. Consecrate and dedicate express devotion of a higher kind, involving religious sentiment; as, consecrated to the service of the church; dedicated to God. Webster 1828 Edition
Addict
ADDICT'
,Adj.
Definition 2024
addict
addict
English
Noun
addict (plural addicts)
- A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
- He is an addict when it comes to chocolate cookies.
- An adherent or fan (of something)
Derived terms
Synonyms
- (person who is addicted): junkie (one addicted to a drug), slave
- (adherent or fan): adherent, aficionado, devotee, enthusiast, fan, habitue
- See also Wikisaurus:addict
Translations
person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
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adherent or fan
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Verb
addict (third-person singular simple present addicts, present participle addicting, simple past and past participle addicted)
- To cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug
- To involve oneself in something habitually, to the exclusion of almost anything else.
- (Can we date this quote?), John Evelyn
- They addict themselves to the civil law.
- (Can we date this quote?) Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher
- He is addicted to his study.
- (Can we date this quote?) Adventurer
- That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations.
- (Can we date this quote?) Thomas Fuller
- His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.
- (Can we date this quote?), Thomas Babington Macaulay
- A man gross ... and addicted to low company.
- (Can we date this quote?), John Evelyn
- (obsolete) To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Evelyn
- The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth.
Synonyms
- (cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug): get (someone) hooked
- (devote): consecrate, dedicate, devote
- (adapt): adapt, fit
Derived terms
Translations
to cause to become addicted
to involve oneself
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