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  [n. ad-ikt; v. uh-dikt]
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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)

Synonyms:
1. adherent, devotee; fanatic; junkie.
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ad·dict   (ə-dĭkt')   
tr.v.   ad·dict·ed, ad·dict·ing, ad·dicts
  1. To cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on a habit-forming substance: The thief was addicted to cocaine.
  2. To occupy (oneself) with or involve (oneself) in something habitually or compulsively: The child was addicted to video games.
n.   (ād'ĭkt)
  1. One who is addicted, as to narcotics or a compulsive activity.
  2. 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

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

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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Language Translation for : addict
Spanish: adicto,
German: der, *die Süchtige(r),
Japanese: 中毒者
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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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Main Entry: 1ad·dict
Pronunciation: &-'dikt
Function: transitive verb
: to cause (a person) to become physiologically dependent upon a drug

Main Entry: 2ad·dict
Pronunciation: 'a-dikt
Function: noun
: one who is addicted to a drug
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Main Entry: 1ad·dict
Pronunciation: &-'dikt
Function: transitive verb
: to cause (a person) to become physiologically dependent upon asubstance

Main Entry: 2ad·dict
Pronunciation: 'ad-(")ikt
Function: noun
: one who is addicted to a substance
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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addict ad·dict (ə-dĭkt')
v. ad·dict·ed, ad·dict·ing, ad·dicts
To become or cause to become compulsively and physiologically dependent on a habit-forming substance. n. (ād'ĭkt)
One who is addicted, as to narcotics.

ad·dic'tive adj.

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