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The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

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  1. n. The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
  2. n. The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
  3. n. strong desire to acquire and possess
  4. 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.
  5. The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire ofacquiring and possessing. Combe.
  6. n:100 n. strong desire to acquire and possess