Hypertext Webster Gateway: "acquisitive"
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) 1.7 (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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