Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
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Acquired.
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Acquired.
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Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.
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Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.
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Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.
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Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.
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Strong desire.
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Strong desire.
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Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.
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Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
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Seizing; embracing; catching.
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Having a keen appetite for food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.
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Zealous; solicitous; vigilant; anxiously watchful.
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Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.
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