addict
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (noun)
- (verb)
[edit] Etymology
From Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“‘deliver; devote; surrender’”), from ad- (“‘to, towards, at’”) + dīcō (“‘say; declare’”)
[edit] Noun
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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)
[edit] 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
[edit] Translations
person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
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adherent or fan
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[edit] Verb
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to 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.
- They addict themselves to the civil law. -- John Evelyn
- He is addicted to his study. --Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher
- That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations. --Adventurer
- His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity. -- Thomas Fuller
- A man gross ... and addicted to low company. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay
- (obsolete) To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.
- The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. -- John Evelyn
[edit] Synonyms
- (cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug): get (someone) hooked
- (devote): consecrate, dedicate, devote
- (adapt): adapt, fit
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
to cause someone to become addicted
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to involve oneself in something to the exclusion of almost anything else
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[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of acddit
- didact
