addict - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'addict' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Addict

[ p. p.]

- Addicted; devoted.

2 . Addict

[ v. t.]

- To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to.
- To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.

1 . addict

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction

Example in sentence:

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Addiction
Addiction is the Physiological and psychological dependence on a drug in order to function. It implies both a physiological and psychological Adaptation to an altered normality.
Addictive drugs
Addictive drugs that produce a biological or psychological dependence in the user so that withdrawal from them leads to a craving for the drug that, in some cases, may be nearly irresistible.

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