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Atlantic (oh) and addict (medicine)


Atlantic (oh)



the Atlantic
the Atlantic Ocean. British people sometimes use phrases such as 'across the Atlantic' or 'on the Other side of the Atlantic' when they are talking about the US, and Americans use these phrases when they are talking about western Europe, especially the UK
::Scientists from both sides of the Atlantic will meet next month in New York.

addict (medicine)


addict


1. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; with to. "They addict themselves to the civil law." "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. "The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth." (Evelyn)

Synonym: 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." . 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.

Origin: L. Addictus, p. P. Of addicere to adjudge, devote; ad + dicere to say. See Diction.

Source: Websters Dictionary