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English

Pronunciation

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪm|-eɪm

Verb

To return land to a suitable condition for use.
To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.
To return someone to a proper course of action; to reform.
To claim something back; to repossess.
To tame or domesticate a wild animal.

Noun

An effort to take something back, to reclaim something.

Category:English nouns

fa:reclaim fr:reclaim io:reclaim it:reclaim pl:reclaim ru:reclaim fi:reclaim ta:reclaim te:reclaim vi:reclaim zh:reclaim

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Reclaim \Re*claim"\ (r[-e]*kl[=a]m"), v. i.
1. To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim
against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
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Scripture reclaims, and the whole Catholic church
reclaims, and Christian ears would not hear it.
--Waterland.
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At a later period Grote reclaimed strongly against
Mill's setting Whately above Hamilton. --Bain.
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2. To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
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They, hardened more by what might most reclaim,
Grieving to see his glory, . . . took envy.
--Milton.
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3. To draw back; to give way. [R. & Obs.] --Spenser.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Reclaim \Re*claim"\ (r[=e]*kl[=a]m"), v. t.
To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt
to recover possession of.
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A tract of land [Holland] snatched from an element
perpetually reclaiming its prior occupancy. --W. Coxe.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Reclaim \Re*claim"\ (r[-e]*kl[=a]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Reclaimed (r[-e]*kl[=a]md"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reclaiming.]
[F. r['e]clamer, L. reclamare, reclamatum, to cry out
against; pref. re- re- + clamare to call or cry aloud. See
Claim.]
1. To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a
certain customary call. --Chaucer.
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2. To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to,
for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
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The headstrong horses hurried Octavius . . . along,
and were deaf to his reclaiming them. --Dryden.
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3. To reduce from a wild to a tamed state; to bring under
discipline; -- said especially of birds trained for the
chase, but also of other animals. "An eagle well
reclaimed." --Dryden.
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4. Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor,
cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild,
desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild
land, overflowed land, etc.
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5. To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or
transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or
course of life; to reform.
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It is the intention of Providence, in all the
various expressions of his goodness, to reclaim
mankind. --Rogers.
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6. To correct; to reform; -- said of things. [Obs.]
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Your error, in time reclaimed, will be venial. --Sir
E. Hoby.
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7. To exclaim against; to gainsay. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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Syn: To reform; recover; restore; amend; correct.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Reclaim \Re*claim"\, n.
The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed;
reclamation; recovery. [Obs.]
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WordNet reclaim
v 1: claim back [syn: repossess]
2: of materials from waste products [syn: recover]
3: bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of
life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed
me"; "reform your conduct" [syn: reform, regenerate, rectify]
4: make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated
state; "The people reclaimed the marshes"
5: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He
tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" [syn: domesticate,
domesticize, domesticise, tame]

Moby Dictionary
abet , aid , amend , assist , avail , bail out , bear a hand , befriend ,
benefit , comfort , do good , doctor , ease , favor , get back ,
give a boost , give a hand , give a lift , give help , help ,
lend a hand , lend one aid , new-model , proffer aid , protect , rally ,
ransom , re-form , recapture , recondition , reconstruct , recoup ,
recover , recuperate , recycle , redeem , reeducate , refashion , reform ,
regain , regenerate , rehabilitate , reinstruct , rejuvenate , relieve ,
remedy , remodel , render assistance , renew , renovate , reoccupy ,
repatriate , replevin , replevy , repossess , rescue , reshape ,
restitute , restore , restore self-respect , resume , resuscitate ,
retake , retrieve , revindicate , revive , salvage , save , set straight ,
set up , succor , take back , take in tow , win back

RECLAIM. To demand again, to insist upon a right; as, when a defendant for a consideration received from the plaintiff, has covenanted to do an act, and fails to do it, the plaintiff may bring covenant for the breach, or assumpsit to reclaim the consideration. 1 Caines, 47.