\Ad*dict"\, p. p.
Addicted; devoted. [Obs.]

\Ad*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Addicted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Addicting}.] [L. addictus, p. p. of addicere to adjudge,
devote; ad + dicere to say. See {Diction}.]
1. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to.
   ``They addict themselves to the civil law.'' --Evelyn.
         He is addicted to his study.          --Beau. & Fl.
         That part of mankind that addict their minds to
         speculations.                         --Adventurer.
         His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.
                                               --Fuller.
         A man gross . . . and addicted to low company.
                                               --Macaulay.
2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.]
         The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but
         the coldness of the place hinders the growth.
                                               --Evelyn.
Syn: {Addict}, {Devote}, {Consecrate}, {Dedicate}. Addict was
     formerly used in a good sense; as, addicted to letters;
     but is now mostly employed in a bad sense or an
     indifferent one; as, addicted to vice; addicted to
     sensual indulgence. ``Addicted to staying at home.''
     --J. S. Mill. Devote is always taken in a good sense,
     expressing habitual earnestness in the pursuit of some
     favorite object; as, devoted to science. Consecrate and
     dedicate express devotion of a higher kind, involving
     religious sentiment; as, consecrated to the service of
     the church; dedicated to God.