addict
- addict
\ \ [16] Originally, addict was an adjective in English, meaning ‘addicted’. It was borrowed from Latin addictus, the past participle of addicere, which meant ‘give over or award to someone’. This in turn was formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and the verb dicere. The standard meaning of dicere was ‘say’ (as in English diction, dictionary, and dictate), but it also had the sense ‘adjudge’ or ‘allot’, and that was its force in addicere.
\ \ Cf.⇒ DICTATE, DICTION, DICTIONARY
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addict — vb *habituate, accustom, inure Analogous words: incline, dispose, predispose, bias: devote, apply, address, *direct Antonyms: wean Contrasted words: alienate, *estrange: *detach, dis engage: disincline, indispose (see affirmative verbs at … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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
