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Addict

Addict Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Addict?
[n] someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
[n] someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a control freak" [v] to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, esp. a narcotic drug) Synonyms | Synonyms for Addict: freak | hook | nut Related Terms | Find terms related to Addict: acidhead | address | adherent | adjust | admirer | aficionado | alcoholic | apply | aspirant | aspirer | bias | buff | bug | candidate | chain smoker | cocaine sniffer | cokie | collector | coveter | cubehead | demon | desirer | devotee | dipsomaniac | direct | dispose | dope fiend | doper | drug abuser | drug addict | drug user | drunkard | eager beaver | energumen | enthusiast | faddist | fan | fanatic | fancier | fiend | follower | freak | glue sniffer | great one for | groupie | habitual | habitue | hankerer | head | heavy smoker | hobbyist | hopeful | hophead | hound | hype | incline | infatuate | junkie | lover | LSD user | marijuana smoker | methhead | narcotics addict | nut | pillhead | pothead | predispose | pursuer | putterer | rhapsodist | snowbird | solicitant | speed freak | sucker for | suitor | supporter | take to | tripper | user | visionary | votary | wanter | wisher | yearner | zealot See Also | accustom | caffein addict | caffeine addict | drug addict | drug user | enthusiast | habituate | junkie | junky | partisan | partizan | speed freak | substance abuser | use | user Addict In Webster's Dictionary \Ad*dict"\, p. p.
Addicted; devoted. [Obs.]
\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. --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. [Obs.] The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. --Evelyn. 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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