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AddictingAddict 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.
He is addicted to his study. --Beau. & Fl.
That part of mankind that addict their minds to
speculations. --Adventurer.
His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.
--Fuller.
A man gross . . . and addicted to low company.
--Macaulay.
2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.]
The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but
the coldness of the place hinders the growth.
--Evelyn.
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. Benedictine
Benedictine Ben`e*dic"tine, a.
Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet.
Benedictine
Benedictine Ben`e*dic"tine, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
One of a famous order of monks, established by St. Benedict
of Nursia in the sixth century. This order was introduced
into the United States in 1846.
Note: The Benedictines wear black clothing, and are sometimes
called Black Monks. The name Black Fr????rs which
belongs to the Dominicans, is also sometimes applied to
the Benedictines.
ContradictingContradict Con`tra*dict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contradicted;
p. pr. & vb. n. Contradicting.] [L. contradictus, p. p. of
contradicere to speak against; contra + dicere to speak. See
Diction.]
1. To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take
issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a
statement or a speaker; to impugn.
Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, And say it
is not so. --Shak.
The future can not contradict the past.
--Wordsworth.
2. To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.]
No truth can contradict another truth. --Hooker.
A greater power than we can contradict Hath thwarted
our intents. --Shak. IndictingIndict In*dict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indicted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Indicting.] [OE. enditen. See Indite.]
1. To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite. [Obs.]
2. To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or
announce. [Obs.]
I am told shall have no Lent indicted this year.
--Evelyn.
3. (Law) To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the
finding or presentment of a grand jury; to find an
indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is
the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is
of a house of representatives to impeach. InterdictingInterdict In`ter*dict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interdicted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Interdicting.] [OE. entrediten to forbid
communion, L. interdicere, interdictum. See Interdict, n.]
1. To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict
intercourse with foreign nations.
Charged not to touch the interdicted tree. --Milton.
2. (Eccl.) To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the
enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an
individual.
An archbishop may not only excommunicate and
interdict his suffragans, but his vicar general may
do the same. --Ayliffe. PredictingPredict Pre*dict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predicted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Predicting.] [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to
predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See Diction,
and cf. Preach.]
To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to
presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of
a comet.
Syn: To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode;
foreshow; bode.
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