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• addict — vb *habituate, accustom, inure Analogous words: incline, dispose, predispose, bias: devote, apply, address, *direct Antonyms: wean Contrasted words: alienate, *estrange: *detach, dis engage: disincline, indispose (see affirmative verbs at …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• 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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• addict — ad·dict 1 /ə dikt/ vt: to cause (a person) to become physiologically dependent upon a drug ad·dict 2 / a dikt/ n: one who is addicted to a drug Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• addict — [ə dikt′; ] for n. [, ad′ikt] vt. [< L addictus, pp. of addicere, to give assent < ad , to + dicere, to say: see DICTION] 1. to give (oneself) up to some strong habit: usually in the passive voice 2. to cause (someone) to become addicted to …   English World dictionary

• Addict — Ad*dict , p. p. Addicted; devoted. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• addict — ● addict nom (mot anglais) Familier. Toxicomane …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• addict — [n] person who has compulsion toward activity, often injurious aficionado, buff, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, fiend, follower, freak*, habitué, hound*, junkie*, nut, practitioner, zealot; concepts 412,423 …   New thesaurus

• addict — ► NOUN ▪ a person who is addicted to something …   English terms dictionary

• addict — ad|dict [ˈædıkt] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of addicere to give to formally or legally , from ad to + dicere to say ] 1.) someone who is unable to stop taking drugs drug/heroin/morphine etc addict ▪ a recovering heroin …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• addict — {{11}}addict (n.) 1909, in reference to morphine, from ADDICT (Cf. addict) (v.). {{12}}addict (v.) 1530s (implied in addicted), from L. addictus, pp. of addicere to deliver, award, yield; give assent, make over, sell, figuratively to devote,… …   Etymology dictionary