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acquisitive(dictionary)

acquisitive (iou)



acquisitive adjective. M17.
[from Latin acquisit- (see ACQUISITION) + -IVE; partly through French acquisitif, -ive from late Latin acquisitivus.]
Belonging to one by acquisition. Only in M17.
Acquiring; keen to acquire things. M19.
acquisitively adverb in an acquisitive manner; in a manner expressing acquisition: M16.
acquisitiveness noun the quality of being acquisitive; desire of possession: E19.