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Webster 1913 Edition
Addict
Ad-dict′
,p.
p.
Addicted; devoted.
[Obs.]
Ad-dict′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Addicted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Addicting
.] 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. Webster 1828 Edition
Addict
ADDICT'
,Adj.