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.
ACQUISITIVELY
Ac*quis"i*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In the way of acquisition.
ACQUISITIVENESS
Ac*quis"i*tive*ness, n.
1. The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
2. (Phren.)
Defn: The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing. Combe.
ACQUISITOR
Ac*quis"i*tor, n.