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Definition of Addict

1. Noun. Someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction. "A news junkie"

2. Verb. To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug).

3. Noun. Someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms.

Definition of Addict

1. p. p. Addicted; devoted.

2. v. t. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to.

Definition of Addict

1. Noun. A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug ¹

2. Noun. An adherent or fan (of something) ¹

3. Verb. To cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug ¹

4. Verb. To involve oneself in something habitually, to the exclusion of almost anything else. ¹

5. Verb. (obsolete) To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Addict

1. to devote or surrender to something habitually or compulsively [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Addict

1. 1. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; with to. "They addict themselves to the civil law." "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. "The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth." (Evelyn) Synonym: 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." . 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. Origin: L. Addictus, p. P. Of addicere to adjudge, devote; ad + dicere to say. See Diction. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Addict

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addeth addibility addible addice addices addict (current term) addicted addictedness addicting addictingly

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Literary usage of Addict

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Assessing Alcohol Problems: A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers by John P. Allen, Megan Columbus (1997)
"Int J addict 23:65-85, 1988. Henly, GA, and Winters, KC Development of ... BrJ addict 83: 171-181, 1988. Jacobson, GR A comprehensive approach to ..."

2. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"For both the general and addict population, epidemiológica! research, especially typological analysis, allows to identify some sub-groups at risk of drug ..."

3. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke, John Smith (1867)
"... I was told by W. Howe, was for that he had lately lost a great deal of money at cards, which he fears he do too much addict himself to now-a-days. 19th. ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"I treat the addict without the use of restraints of any kind. ... And to my mind neither is its management of the addict ideal. The treatment of the addict ..."

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