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reclaim
transitive verb
- to rescue or bring back (a person or people) from error, vice, etc. to ways of living or thinking regarded as right; reform
- to make (wasteland, desert, etc.) capable of being cultivated or lived on, as by filling, ditching, or irrigating
- to recover (useful materials) from waste products
- Obsolete to tame or subdue (a hawk)
noun
reclamation: beyond reclaim
Related Forms:
- reclaimable adjective
- reclaimant noun or reclaimer
See reclaim in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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