different between addict vs apply

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of add?c? (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + d?c? (“say; declare”)

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • enPR: ??.d?kt, IPA^(key): /?æ.d?kt/
• (verb)
  • enPR: ?-d?kt?, IPA^(key): /??.d?kt/
  • Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

addict (plural addicts)

1. A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug

   He is an addict when it comes to chocolate cookies.

2. An adherent or fan (of something)

Synonyms

• (person who is addicted): junkie (one addicted to a drug), slave
• (adherent or fan): adherent, aficionado, devotee, enthusiast, fan, habitue
• See also Thesaurus:addict

Derived terms

• cyberaddict
• drug addict
• sex addict

Related terms

• addiction
• addictive
• dictate

Translations

Verb

addict (third-person singular simple present addicts, present participle addicting, simple past and past participle addicted)

1. (transitive, Ancient Rome) To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision. [from 16th c.]
2. (reflexive, now rare, archaic) To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc. [from 16th c.]
   • 1644, John Evelyn, Diary, 25 October:

     They addict themselves to the civil law.

   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. III, ch. 88:

     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 […] .

3. (transitive, obsolete) To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something. [16th–18th c.]
4. (reflexive, obsolete) To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc. [16th–19th c.]
5. (transitive, now rare, archaic) To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc. [from 16th c.]
   • January 19, 1754, Samuel Johnson, The Adventurer No. 126

     That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations.

6. (transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted. [from 17th c.]
   • 1662 (published), Thomas Fuller, Worthies of England

     His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.

Synonyms

• (cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug): get (someone) hooked
• (devote): consecrate, dedicate, devote
• (adapt): adapt, fit

Derived terms

• addicting
• addictive

Translations

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: adik
• ? Tagalog: adik

Anagrams

• didact

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin addictus or perhaps English addict.

Noun

addict m (plural addicts, feminine addicte)

1. addict

Related terms

• addiction

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??dik(t)/

Noun

addict (plural addicts)

1. an addict

Verb

addict (third-person singular present addicts, present participle addictin, past addictit, past participle addictit)

1. to addict

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English aplien, applien, from Old French applier, (French appliquer), from Latin applic? (“join, fix, or attach to”); from ad + plic? (“fold, twist together”). See applicant, ply.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??pla?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Hyphenation: ap?ply

Verb

apply (third-person singular simple present applies, present participle applying, simple past and past participle applied)

1. (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
2. (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case

   Synonyms: appropriate, devote, use

3. (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative
4. (transitive) To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention

   Synonyms: attach, incline
5. (transitive) To to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.
6. (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
7. (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.

8. (obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.

   • She was no less skillful in applying his humours.

9. (obsolete) To visit.

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: aplay

Translations

Etymology 2

apple +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æp(?)li/

Adjective

apply (comparative more apply, superlative most apply)

1. Alternative spelling of appley

References

• apply in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• lappy