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–noun

1.	a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic.

3.	to habituate or abandon (oneself) to something compulsively or obsessively: a writer addicted to the use of high-flown language; children addicted to video games.

[Origin: 1520–30; < L addictus assigned, surrendered (ptp. of addīcere, equiv. to ad- ad- + dic- (var. s. of dīcere to fix, determine) + -tus ptp. suffix)

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—Synonyms 1. adherent, devotee; fanatic; junkie.

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tr.v. ad·dict·ed, ad·dict·ing, ad·dicts

To cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on a habit-forming substance: The thief was addicted to cocaine.
To occupy (oneself) with or involve (oneself) in something habitually or compulsively: The child was addicted to video games.

n. (ād'ĭkt)

One who is addicted, as to narcotics or a compulsive activity.
A devoted adherent; a fan: "We are all . . . addicts of change" (Christopher Lasch).

[Latin addīcere, addict-, to sentence : ad-, ad- + dīcere, to adjudge; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]

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addict

1529, adj., "delivered, devoted," from L. addictus, pp. of addicere "deliver, yield, devote," from ad- "to" + dicere "say, declare" (see diction), but also "adjudge, allot." Modern sense is really self-addicted "to give over or award (oneself) to someone or some practice" (1607). The noun is first recorded 1909, in reference to morphine. Addicted is from 1914. Addiction in modern (narcotics, etc.) sense is first attested 1906, in ref. to opium (there is an isolated instance from 1779, with ref. to tobacco).

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addict
noun
1.	someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"
2.	someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
verb
1.	to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

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addict [ˈӕdikt] noun

a person who has become dependent on something, especially drugs
Example: a drug addict; a television addict

Arabic:	مُدْمِن
Chinese (Simplified):	有瘾的人
Chinese (Traditional):	有癮的人
Czech:	narkoman, závislý člověk
Danish:	narkoman (narkotika); tv-narkoman
Dutch:	verslaafde
Estonian:	narkomaan
Finnish:	orja, narkomaani
French:	intoxiqué, *-ée
German:	der, *die Süchtige(r)
Greek:	εθισμένος
Hungarian:	rabja vminek, (kábítószer)függő
Icelandic:	fíkill
Indonesian:	pecandu
Italian:	dipendente

Japanese:	中毒者
Korean:	중독자
Latvian:	kādam kaitīgam ieradumam pakļāvies cilvēks; narkomāns
Lithuanian:	turintis kokią maniją, *nesaikingai ką nors vartojantis žmogus
Norwegian:	rusavhengig person, særlig narkoman
Polish:	nałogowiec
Portuguese (Brazil):	viciado
Portuguese (Portugal):	viciado
Romanian:	dependent (de)
Russian:	наркоман
Slovak:	narkoman, -ka
Slovenian:	zasvojenec
Spanish:	adicto
Swedish:	missbrukare
Turkish:	tiryaki, bağımlı kimse

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Addict

Ad*dict"\, p. p. Addicted; devoted. [Obs.]

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Addict

Ad*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Addicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Addicting.] [L. addictus, p. p. of addicere to adjudge, devote; ad + dicere to say. See Diction.]

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.

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