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Reclaim   /riklˈeɪm/   Listen
verb
Reclaim  v. t.  To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of. "A tract of land (Holland) snatched from an element perpetually reclaiming its prior occupancy."


Reclaim  v. t.  (past & past part. reclaimed; pres. part. reclaiming)  
1.
To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call.
2.
To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting. "The headstrong horses hurried Octavius... along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them."
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."
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.
5.
To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform. "It is the intention of Providence, in all the various expressions of his goodness, to reclaim mankind."
6.
To correct; to reform; said of things. (Obs.) "Your error, in time reclaimed, will be venial."
7.
To exclaim against; to gainsay. (Obs.)
Synonyms: To reform; recover; restore; amend; correct.


Reclaim  v. i.  
1.
To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions. "Scripture reclaims, and the whole Catholic church reclaims, and Christian ears would not hear it." "At a later period Grote reclaimed strongly against Mill's setting Whately above Hamilton."
2.
To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform. "They, hardened more by what might most reclaim, Grieving to see his glory,... took envy."
3.
To draw back; to give way. (R. & Obs.)


noun
Reclaim  n.  The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery. (Obs.)





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"Reclaim" Quotes from Famous Books



... twinges of conscience," she added sneeringly, "and thought I'd change my mode of life; but it was never in me to behave like a saint. People follow the bent of their inclinations most generally. I've heard many good, but mistaken persons pity women who had gone wrong, and try faithfully to reclaim them, but it's all lost labor. Most of them take the downward road because it's the easiest, and comes natural, and after a time it's impossible to reform them, with a precious few exceptions. I've found out, though, since my short and sweet experience ...
— Clemence - The Schoolmistress of Waveland • Retta Babcock
... to go out to the farm as soon as the horses have been fed and we can reclaim our ...
— A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba • Mrs. Cecil Hall
... bordered round With flowers; for fruit, here strawberries were found And citrons, apples too, and nectarines. The wooden bowls were carved in cunning lines By peasants of the Murg, whose skilful hands With patient toil reclaim the barren lands And make their gardens flourish on a rock, Or mountain where we see the hunters flock. Gold fountain-cup, with handles Florentine, Shows Acteons horned, though armed and booted fine, Who fight with sword in hand against the hounds. Roses and gladioles make ...
— Poems • Victor Hugo
... that the virtue of continence comes forth in all its dazzling splendour. Milton has touched this subject with so chaste and elegant a pen, that the description, one would think, must confirm the husband in his happiness, and reclaim the man of profligate and ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 20, - Issue 572, October 20, 1832 • Various
... dung. Household slops. Loam, what is this that is? The hens in the next garden: their droppings are very good top dressing. Best of all though are the cattle, especially when they are fed on those oilcakes. Mulch of dung. Best thing to clean ladies' kid gloves. Dirty cleans. Ashes too. Reclaim the whole place. Grow peas in that corner there. Lettuce. Always have fresh greens then. Still gardens have their drawbacks. That ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce


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