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English Dictionary: acquisitive by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acquisitive
adj
  1. eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
    Antonym(s): unacquisitive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Acquisitive \Ac*quis"i*tive\, a.
      1. Acquired. [Obs.]
  
                     He died not in his acquisitive, but in his native
                     soil.                                                --Wotton.
  
      2. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an
            acquisitive person or disposition.
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