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Addict
//ˈæd.ɪkt// adj, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Addicted. archaic
- 2 Bound, tied to, obligated. obsolete
Noun
- 1 A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.
"a heroin addict"
- 2 someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance or activity wordnet
- 3 An adherent or fan (of something).
- 4 someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction wordnet
Verb
- 1 To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision. Ancient-Rome, transitive
- 2 to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) wordnet
- 3 To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc. archaic, reflexive
"They addict themselves to the civil law."
- 4 To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something. obsolete, transitive
- 5 To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc. obsolete, reflexive
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- 6 To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc. archaic, transitive
"That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations."
- 7 To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted. transitive
"His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)
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