addicted,ppl.a.|əˈdɪktɪd|[f.addict v. + -ed.]1.Delivered over by, or as if by, judicial sentence; devoted, destined, bound. Obs.exc.in Rom.Law.1534MoreOn the PassionWks.1557, 1280/1The kinde of man, that was by synne addicted and adiudged to the diuel, as his perpetuall thrall.1590GreeneArcadia (1616) 29We be virgins, and addicted to virginitie.1600HollandLivy viii. x. 288 k,The man who is..addicted and destined[devotus est]to death.1679M. PranceAdd.Narrative 12He himself was addicted to a Trade.†2.Attached by one's own act; given up, devoted, inclined (to a person or party); naturally attached (to a place). Obs.1560J. DausSleidane'sComm.12 b,Some princes are addicted to others for stipendes.1579LylyEuphues 105The one was so addicted to the court, the other so wedded to the universitie.1588inHarl.Misc.(Malh.) II. 62To destroy the queen, & all her people addicted to her.1616Surflet &Markh.Countrey Farme 80This bird is addicted to hot Countries.1642RogersNaaman 308He was so addicted to Marius his Master.1685K. James II. inLondonGaz.mmxxxi/4You are still..addicted to the Royal Interest.1709StrypeAnn.Ref.xxv. (1709) 246Bishop Cheney, who was..most addicted to Luther.3. a.Self-addicted (to a practice); given, devoted or inclined; attached, prone. Const. to, formerly also inf.; on, against; oradv.of manner, as peevishly addicted.1561T. N[orton]Calvin'sInst.ii. iv. (1634) 139His judgment and affection be so addicted unto evill.1568Like Will to Like in Hazlitt Dodsley III. 328He is wholly addicted to follow me.1580T. LuptonSiquila 75The people are so peevishly addicted that they esteeme Wealth above Wisdome.1597DanielCivile Wares v. liii,Whose holy minde so much addicted is on th' world to come.1601Shakes.Twel. N. ii. v. 222Being addicted to a melancholy as she is.1612T. TaylorTitus i. 7 (1619) 140To be addicted to the wine or strong drinke, taketh away the heart.1618LathamNew & 2ndBk.Falconry (1633) 36If you doe finde her to bee tutchie or nicely addicted.1634T. HerbertTravaile 76They were more addicted homewards.1660T. StanleyHist.Philos.(1701) 149/1He was much addicted to civil Affairs.1661Grand Debate 97If the Magistrate would be advised by us (supposing himself addicted against you).1703MaundrellJrny. Jerus. (1732) 11Much addicted to Merchandise.1771JuniusLett.l. 259His majesty is much addicted to useful reading.1850A. JamesonLeg.Monast.Ord.(1863) 400Being himself addicted to his Art.1865LivingstoneZambesi xxi. 423The blacks are more addicted to stealing where slavery exists.b.Dependent on the continued taking of a drug as a result of taking it in the past; having a compulsion to take a drug, the stopping of which produces withdrawal symptoms.1913Jrnl.Amer.Med.Assoc.8 Feb. 431/2The narcotic drugs do afford pleasurable sensations to many of those not yet fully addicted to their use.1934Bull.Hygiene June 359/2One patient became addicted in turn to morphine, dicodide and paracodine.1958A. KingMine Enemy grows Older vi. 39The ward physician..told me that it was easier to get off Dolophine than regular opiates... Everybody not addicted to drugs was convinced of it.1962J. H. BurnDrugs,Med.& Man x. 110Those who are addicted to cocaine often take it in the form of powder like snuff.1985N.Y.Times 18 Feb. c18/4Nearly all cocaine abusers are believed to be addicted to other substances.†4.without const. Devoted, attached. (Formerly in common use in subscribing letters.) Obs.1594BeardLa Primaudaye'sFr.Acad.ii.Ep.Dedic.,Subscr.,Your Honors most addicted, T. B.1597T. MorleyIntrod.MusickeDed.,Subscr.,And so I rest, In all loue and affection to you, Most addicted, Thomas Morley.1645MiltonTetrach. (1851) 139With the same affections therfore, and the same addicted fidelity.1652GauleMagastrom. 22The superstitious and addicted profession[i.e.of magic].