Found 3 items, similar to addict. English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: addict pecandu 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. [1913 Webster] He is addicted to his study. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations. --Adventurer. [1913 Webster] His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] A man gross . . . and addicted to low company. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Addict \Ad*dict"\, p. p. Addicted; devoted. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]