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ad⋅dict

  [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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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
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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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