Acquisitive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characterized by a strong desire to gain and possess.
  • adj. Tending to acquire and retain ideas or information: an acquisitive mind.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Acquired.
  • adj. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
  • adj. Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Acquired.
  • adj. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Acquired.
  • Making or tending to make acquisitions; having a propensity to acquire: as, an acquisitive disposition.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
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    acquired    acquiring    quæstuary    quaestuary    greedy   
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