addict (verb)

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• addict — verb (t) /əˈdɪkt / (say uh dikt) 1. to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on. –noun /ˈædɪkt / (say adikt) 2. someone who is addicted to a practice or habit: *intent on proving his father an opium addict and his wife a… …  

• addict — I. transitive verb Etymology: Latin addictus, past participle of addicere to favor, from ad + dicere to say more at diction Date: 1534 1. to devote or surrender (oneself) to something habitually or obsessively < addicted to gambling > 2. to cause …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• 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… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• addict — noun a person who is addicted to something. Origin early 20th cent.: from the obs. verb addict, which was a back form. from addicted …   English new terms dictionary

• 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… …   Word origins

• addict — 1. noun /ˈædɪkt,əˈdɪkt/ a) A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug b) An adherent or fan (of something) Syn: junkie, slave …   Wiktionary

• hype — hype1 informal noun extravagant or intensive publicity or promotion. ↘a deception or hoax. verb promote or publicize intensively or extravagantly. Origin 1920s (orig. US in the sense short change, cheat ): of unknown origin. hype2 informal noun a …   English new terms dictionary

• Initial-stress-derived noun — Initial stress derivation is a phonological process in English, wherein stress is moved to the first syllable of any of several dozen verbs when they become nouns or adjectives. This is called a suprafix in linguistics. It is gradually becoming… …   Wikipedia

• dictionary — [16] The term dictionary was coined in medieval Latin, probably in the 13th century, on the basis of the Latin adjective dictionārius ‘of words’, a derivative of Latin dictiō ‘saying’, or, in medieval Latin, ‘word’. English picked it up… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• dictionary — [16] The term dictionary was coined in medieval Latin, probably in the 13th century, on the basis of the Latin adjective dictionārius ‘of words’, a derivative of Latin dictiō ‘saying’, or, in medieval Latin, ‘word’. English picked it up… …   Word origins

• ad|dict — «noun. AD ihkt; verb. uh DIHKT», noun, verb. –n. 1. a person who is a slave to a habit: »A drug addict finds it almost impossible to stop using drugs. Doctors, penologists, and policemen disagree on how to control drug distribution and handle… …   Useful english dictionary