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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: addict
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: addict
addict
n 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
v : to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on
something, especially a narcotic drug) [syn:
hook]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Addict
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.
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He is addicted to his study. --Beau. & Fl.
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That part of mankind that addict their minds to
speculations. --Adventurer.
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His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.
--Fuller.
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A man gross . . . and addicted to low company.
--Macaulay.
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2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.]
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The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but
the coldness of the place hinders the growth.
--Evelyn.
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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.
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Addict
\Ad*dict"\, p. p.
Addicted; devoted. [Obs.]
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