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Letter A - page 6



Addictedness \Ad*dict"ed*ness\, n. The quality or state of being addicted; attachment. [1913 Webster] more...
Addict \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. [1913 Webster] He is addicted to his study. --Beau. & Fl. more...
Addiction \Ad*dic"tion\, n. [Cf. L. addictio an adjudging.] The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. "His addiction was to courses vain." --Shak. [1913 Webster] more...
Add \Add\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Added; p. pr. & vb. n. Adding.] [L. addere; ad + dare to give, put. Cf. Date, Do.] 1. To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on). [1913 Webster] The Lord shall add to me another son. --Gen. xxx. more...
Addis, LA (town, FIPS 415) Location: 30.35447 N, 91.26945 W Population (1990): 1222 (475 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70710 more...
Additament \Ad*dit"a*ment\ ([a^]d*d[i^]t"[.a]*ment), n. [L. additamentum, fr. additus, p. p. of addere to add.] An addition, or a thing added. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] My persuasion that the latter verses of the chapter were an additament of a later age. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] more...