addict

addict

addict (third-person singular simple present addicts, present participle addicting, simple past and past participle addicted)

1. To cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug
2. To involve oneself in something habitually, to the exclusion of almost anything else.
   • They addict themselves to the civil law. -- John Evelyn
   • He is addicted to his study. --Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher
   • That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations. --Adventurer
   • His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity. -- Thomas Fuller
   • A man gross ... and addicted to low company. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay
3. (obsolete) To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.
   • The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. -- John Evelyn

addict (plural addicts)

1. A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
   • He is an addict when it comes to chocolate cookies.
2. An adherent or fan (of something)

	dipendente
	A person who has become dependent on something, especially drugs.

fanatico

tossicomane

Altri significati:

adherent or fan

A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug

(obsolete) To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.

An adherent or fan (of something)

to involve oneself in something to the exclusion of almost anything else

person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug

to cause someone to become addicted

To involve oneself in something habitually, to the exclusion of almost anything else.

To cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug

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