reclaim
reclaim definition
re·claim (ri klām′)
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)
Etymology: ME reclaimen < OFr réclamer < L reclamare, to cry out against: see re- & claim
noun
reclamation beyond reclaim
Related Forms:
- reclaimable re·claim′·able adjective
- reclaimant re·claim′·ant noun or reclaimer re·claim′er
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