addiction

[Lat. addictio = the sentence of a prætor adjudging property to any one, or a debtor to the service of his creditor.] 1. The act of addicting or devoting. 2. The state of being addicted or devotedy propensity, proclivity. 78 "Since his addiction was to courses vain; His companies unletter'd, rude, and shallow." Shakesp. King Henry V., i. 1. ǎd'-ding, pr. par. [ADD.]