addict
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Analogous words: incline, dispose, predispose, bias: devote, apply, address, *
direct
Antonyms: wean
engage: disincline, indispose (see affirmative verbs at
INCLINE)
addict n Addict, votary, devotee, habitué designate a person who by habit and strong inclination indulges in something or the pursuit of something.
Addict implies excessive, continuous, and often compulsive indulgence typically in harmful but sometimes in harmless things
{
a detective-story addict
}
Votary and devotee retain some of the implications of their religious senses such as enthusiasm, often amounting to fanaticism, and zeal. They rarely suggest attachment to that which is degrading or debasing but they do not invariably imply attachment to that which is uplifting
{
a devotee of vegetarianism
}
{
any worthy object of study, pursued disinterestedly . . . does not permit its votary to be very seriously narrowed by his zeal— Inge
}
Habitué implies frequent attendance at a place but it commonly also connotes habitual indulgence in a pleasure
{
a habitué of the theater is a devotee of the drama
}
{
a habitué of a gambling house is a gambling addict
}
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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-Tv — Création 2006 Slogan Explode Your Television Langue Français Anglais Pays … Wikipédia en Français
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
