Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to addict
Participle: addicted
Gerund: addicting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | addict |
| you | addict |
| he;she;it | addicts |
| we | addict |
| you | addict |
| they | addict |
Perfect
| I | have addicted |
| you | have addicted |
| he;she;it | has addicted |
| we | have addicted |
| you | have addicted |
| they | have addicted |
Past
| I | addicted |
| you | addicted |
| he;she;it | addicted |
| we | addicted |
| you | addicted |
| they | addicted |
Pluperfect
| I | had addicted |
| you | had addicted |
| he;she;it | had addicted |
| we | had addicted |
| you | had addicted |
| they | had addicted |
Future
| I | will addict |
| you | will addict |
| he;she;it | will addict |
| we | will addict |
| you | will addict |
| they | will addict |
Future Perfect
| I | will have addicted |
| you | will have addicted |
| he;she;it | will have addicted |
| we | will have addicted |
| you | will have addicted |
| they | will have addicted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | addict |
| you | addict |
| he;she;it | addict |
| we | addict |
| you | addict |
| they | addict |
Perfect
| I | have addicted |
| you | have addicted |
| he;she;it | have addicted |
| we | have addicted |
| you | have addicted |
| they | have addicted |
Imperfect
| I | addicted |
| you | addicted |
| he;she;it | addicted |
| we | addicted |
| you | addicted |
| they | addicted |
Pluperfect
| I | had addicted |
| you | had addicted |
| he;she;it | had addicted |
| we | had addicted |
| you | had addicted |
| they | had addicted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would addict |
| you | would addict |
| he;she;it | would addict |
| we | would addict |
| you | would addict |
| they | would addict |
Perfect
| I | would have addicted |
| you | would have addicted |
| he;she;it | would have addicted |
| we | would have addicted |
| you | would have addicted |
| they | would have addicted |
Imperative
| you | addict |
| we | Let's addict |
| you | addict |
Verbs conjugated like 'addict'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'addict'
adduct,
abduct,
adact,
adduce,
adject,
adlect,
admit,
advect,
advice,
audit,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug
- hooked
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1529, adj., "delivered, devoted," from L.
addictus, pp. of
addicere "deliver, yield, devote," from
ad- "to" +
dicere "say, declare" (see diction), but also "adjudge, allot." Modern sense is really
self-addicted "to give over or award (oneself) to someone or some practice" (1607). The noun is first recorded 1909, in reference to morphine.
Addicted is from 1914.
Addiction in modern (narcotics, etc.) sense is first attested 1906, in ref. to opium (there is an isolated instance from 1779, with ref. to tobacco).
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
4. Proto-Italic *ad
5. Proto-Italic *ad-
6. Latin ad-
7. Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-
8. Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti
9. Proto-Italic *deikō
10. Latin dīcō
11. Latin addīcō
12. Latin addictusbor.
13. English addict
14. Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)
Verbs referencing "addict"
Finnish with old forms
addiktoida.
Sample Sentences
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They addict themselves to the civil law. [1644 November 3 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 25 October 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:]
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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 […]. [1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 88, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume III, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:]
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That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations. [January 19, 1754, Samuel Johnson, The Adventurer, number 126:]
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His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity. [a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:]