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2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: acquisitive adj 1: eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an aquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied" [ant: {unacquisitive}] 2: tending to acquire and retain ideas or information; "an acquisitive mind" [syn: {recollective}]
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