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ad⋅dict
[n. ad-ikt; v. uh-dikt] 
–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)
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.
1. adherent, devotee; fanatic; junkie.
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Link To addicting
| ad·dict (ə-dĭkt') tr.v. ad·dict·ed, ad·dict·ing, ad·dicts
[Latin addīcere, addict-, to sentence : ad-, ad- + dīcere, to adjudge; see deik- in Indo-European roots.] |
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