Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas;
- Example: "an acquisitive mind"- Example: "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Acquisitive \Ac*quis"i*tive\, a.
1. Acquired. [Obs.]
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He died not in his acquisitive, but in his native
soil. --Wotton.
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2. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an
acquisitive person or disposition.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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" [ant: unacquisitive]