n. The quantity of being addible; capability of addition. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being added. “Addible numbers.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Adze. [ Obs. ] Moxon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations. Adventurer. [ 1913 Webster ]

His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man gross . . . and addicted to low company. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. Addicted; devoted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being addicted; attachment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. L. addictio an adjudging. ] The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. “His addiction was to courses vain.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Ethiopia. Population (2000) = 2, 200, 186. [ PJC ]

[ Named from Thomas Addison, M. D., of London, who first described it. ] (Med.) A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, hypotension, and loss of weight; it is due to insufficient secretion of adrenocortical hormones. Untreated disease is usually fatal. Called also chronic adrenocortical insufficiency [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

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 ]