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addict
(/@/'d/I/kt )

noun (n)

  • someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction(noun.person)
    Example:
    A golf addict.
    Synonym:
    freak, junkie, junky, nut
    source: wordnet30
  • someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms(noun.person)
    source: wordnet30

preposition (pre)

  • Addicted; devoted.(preposition)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)(verb.consumption)
    Synonym:
    hook
    source: wordnet30
  • To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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