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Addict - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Addict : (noun)
1: someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it
resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a
news junkie" [syn: nut, freak, junkie, junky]
2: someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance;
abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal
symptoms
(verb)
1: to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on
something, especially a narcotic drug) [syn: hook]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Addict : \Ad*dict"\, p. p.
Addicted; devoted. [Obs.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Addict |
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JBjonasbieber: @moochieJBniLey8 haha :) your now a zanessa Addict and niley Addict huh :) lol |
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djstickd: @MiZz_MaRtInA u know he was suppose 2 b a crack head, but dats not suitable for children, so they made him a chocolate Addict lmao |
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revaskie: Q3: lip balm, because I am an Addict, a green concealer for my red cheeks #GNO #Origins |
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