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.
Ac*quis"i*tive*ly, adv. In the way of acquisition.
Ac*quis"i*tive*ness, n. 1. The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
2. (Phren.) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing. Combe.
Ac*quis"i*tor (&?;), n. One who acquires.
Ac*quist" (&?;), n. [Cf. Acquest.] Acquisition; gain. Milton.
Ac*quit" (&?;), p. p. Acquitted; set free; rid of. [Archaic] Shak.
Ac*quit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acquitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Acquitting.] [OE. aquiten, OF. aquiter, F. acquitter; &?; (L. ad) + OF. quiter, F. quitter, to quit. See Quit, and cf. Acquiet.] 1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.
A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted.
I. Taylor.