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What is the adjective for acquiry?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs acquire and acquist which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

acquisitive
  1. (obsolete) Acquired.
  2. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring.
  3. Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “But the acquisitive instinct fostered by capitalism would come to subvert the moral basis that initially allowed the system to flourish.”
      “Again, if a society is competitive and acquisitive in orientation, the kings and chiefs will necessarily reflect that in their behaviour and lifestyles.”
      “Hunt's acquisitive instincts far surpassed anything the Sublime Porte had in mind when it granted the firman.”
acquisititious
  1. (obsolete) Of the nature or character of an acquisition; acquired, as opposed to innate.
acquisitory
  1. Acquisitive; able or disposed to make acquisitions.
acquired
  1. (medicine) Developed postfetally; not congenital.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Fagin is determined to find out whether Snoddy could be his real father, and whether he could be conned out of his acquired fortune.”
      “Eminent members of the community, who have acquired wealth, power, or fame in a world that gives nothing for nothing, are unwilling to throw away their acquired inheritance.”
      “This acquired skill empowers the acting person to perceive what needs to be done.”
acquisitional
  1. Of or relating to acquisition.
acquirable
  1. Capable of being acquired.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It is in itself a proof that men think social virtue to be acquirable and acquired.”
      “However, not all open source materials are acquirable through subscription.”
      “It's simply that these are the obvious, overt qualities or things that are, some think, acquirable.”
acquisite
  1. (obsolete) acquired
acquiring
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