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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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Slang Dictionary
addict

  1. n.
    someone showing a strong preference for something or someone. (Not related to drug addiction.) : Sam is a real opera addict. He just loves the stuff.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: 2ad·dict
Pronunciation: 'a-dikt
Function: noun
: one who is addicted to a drug
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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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Medical Dictionary

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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