addict
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Is addict a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (now rare) Addicted.archaic
2. (obsolete) Bound, tied to, obligated.obsolete
verb (English)
1. (transitive, Ancient Rome) To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.Ancient-Rometransitive
2. (reflexive, now rare, archaic) To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.Examples: "They addict themselves to the civil law."; "Having resided some time in this place, we returned to the other country-house which we had left, where lord B— addicted himself so much to hunting, and other male diversions, that I began to think he neglected me […]."archaicreflexive
3. (transitive, obsolete) To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.obsoletetransitive
4. (reflexive, obsolete) To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.obsoletereflexive
5. (transitive, now rare, archaic) To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.Examples: "That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations."archaictransitive
6. (transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.Examples: "His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity."Synonyms: get hookedtransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary