slovo | definícia |
acquisitive (encz) | acquisitive,nenasytný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Acquisitive (gcide) | Acquisitive \Ac*quis"i*tive\, a.
1. Acquired. [Obs.]
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He died not in his acquisitive, but in his native
soil. --Wotton.
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2. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an
acquisitive person or disposition.
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acquisitive (wn) | acquisitive
adj 1: eager to acquire and possess things especially material
possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an
acquisitive society in which the craving for material
things seems never satisfied" [ant: unacquisitive] |
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acquisitiveness (encz) | acquisitiveness,hrabivost n: Zdeněk Brož |
unacquisitive (encz) | unacquisitive, adj: |
Acquisitive (gcide) | Acquisitive \Ac*quis"i*tive\, a.
1. Acquired. [Obs.]
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He died not in his acquisitive, but in his native
soil. --Wotton.
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2. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an
acquisitive person or disposition.
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Acquisitively (gcide) | Acquisitively \Ac*quis"i*tive*ly\, adv.
In the way of acquisition.
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Acquisitiveness (gcide) | Acquisitiveness \Ac*quis"i*tive*ness\, n.
1. The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire
property; desire of possession.
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2. (Phren.) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute
the desire of acquiring and possessing. --Combe.
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acquisitiveness (wn) | acquisitiveness
n 1: strong desire to acquire and possess |
unacquisitive (wn) | unacquisitive
adj 1: not acquisitive; not interested in acquiring or owning
anything [ant: acquisitive] |
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