"acquisitive" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From an alteration of Latin acquisītus (“acquired, gained”), or possibly from acquisite + -ive.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "more acquisitive",
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    },
    {
      "form": "most acquisitive",
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        "superlative"
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  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "Acquired."
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        "(obsolete) Acquired."
      ],
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        "Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring, greedy."
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "able to make acquisitions",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "avido"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "able to make acquisitions",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ingordo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 87 8",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "able to make acquisitions",
          "word": "aquisitivo"
        },
        {
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "able to make acquisitions",
          "word": "adquisitivo"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "able to make acquisitions",
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        "Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information."
      ],
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          "information",
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    {
      "word": "acquisitiveness"
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    {
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      "word": "nonacquisitive"
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      "form": "more acquisitive",
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    },
    {
      "form": "most acquisitive",
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        "superlative"
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "Acquired."
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        "(obsolete) Acquired."
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        "Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring, greedy."
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          "acquisition",
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        "Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information."
      ],
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          "information",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "able to make acquisitions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avido"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "able to make acquisitions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ingordo"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "able to make acquisitions",
      "word": "aquisitivo"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able to make acquisitions",
      "word": "adquisitivo"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "able to make acquisitions",
      "word": "codicioso"
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  "word": "acquisitive"
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