adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an acquisitive manner; in a manner expressing or tending to acquisition.

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1591.  Percivall, Sp. Dict., F. b. Verbes put acquisitiuely with the signe for will haue a datiue of the person, and a nominatiue or accusatiue of the thing [e.g., do this for me].

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1612.  Brinsley, Posing of Parts, 74 (1669). All sorts of verbs which are put acquisitively.

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