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   Ac·quis·i·tive

   /əˈkwizədiv/

   

   adjective

   • 1. excessively interested in acquiring money or material things: "we live in a competitive and acquisitive society"
   • ▪ relating to or involving acquisition: "acquisitive crimes"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘relating to acquisition’): from French acquisitif, -ive, from late Latin acquisitivus, from Latin acquisit- ‘acquired’, from the verb acquirere (see acquire).

   Derivatives

   • 1. acquisitively adverb

   Scrabble Points: 25

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