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ad·dict    Audio Help   (ə-dĭkt')  Pronunciation Key 
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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