addict

[Ad*dict·]

If you are a cookie addict, it means you are addicted to cookies. You just can't get enough of them.

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Addicted; devoted.

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

Noun
someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a news junkie"

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


p. p.
Addicted; devoted.

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

v. t.
To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.


Addict

Ad*dict" , p. p. Addicted; devoted. [Obs.]

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.
That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations.
His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.
A man gross . . . and addicted to low company.
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.
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.

Addicted; devoted.

To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to.

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Usage Examples

I'm 20 years old. I like to party as much as anyone my age. Going clubbing is my way of relaxing or releasing a lot of stress. I don't feel that I should have to justify that part of my life. I don't know that I'm necessarily an addict.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I mean, I don't think I'm alone when I look at the homeless person or the bum or the psychotic or the drunk or the drug addict or the criminal and see their baby pictures in my mind's eye. You don't think they were cute like every other baby?

In New York, you've got Donald Trump, Woody Allen, a crack addict and a regular Joe, and they're all on the same subway car.

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