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Acquisitive   /əkwˈɪzətɪv/   Listen
Acquisitive

adjective
1.
Eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas.  "An acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"



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"Acquisitive" Quotes from Famous Books



... so careful in the training of his mind and heart, had not neglected his hands. He was taught much that was useful and practical, particularly in farming. He surprised all by the quickness and eagerness with which he learned. He was both inquisitive and acquisitive to a remarkable degree. He persisted in knowing and getting, that he might impart what he had gained to his own countrymen. To return to them for their enlightenment, ...
— A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 - [Samuel John Mills] • Elisabeth G. Stryker


Words linked to "Acquisitive" :   unacquisitive, ravening, covetous, acquisitiveness, accumulative, grasping, acquire, greedy, plundering, voracious, prehensile, grabby, possessive, predaceous, rapacious, sordid, predatory, avaricious, predacious


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