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addicted(dictionary)

addicted (iou)



addicted adjective. M16.
[from ADDICT ppl adjective + -ED1, the verb being inferred later.]
Voluntarily attached to (a person or party). M16-E18.
James II Addicted to the Royal Interest.
Attached by inclination to (a practice); devoted to; doing or using something, esp. a drug, as a habit or compulsively. M16.
L. A. G. Strong The only form of music to which he was addicted. J. H. Burn Those who are addicted to cocaine often take it in the form of powder like snuff.
In Roman Law, delivered over by judicial sentence to; fig. destined, bound to. M16-L19.
P. Holland Addicted and destined to death.
absol. Devoted (freq. in subscribing letters). L16-M17.
Milton The same addicted fidelity.
addictedness noun M17.