Definition of reclaim

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Reclaim (v. t.) To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call..

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Re- :: Re- () A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call out against; repugn, to fight against; recognition, a knowing again; rejoin, to join again; reiterate; reassure. Combinations containing the prefix re- are readily formed, and are for the most part of obvious signification..
Reclamation :: Reclamation (n.) The act or process of reclaiming.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
Irreclaimable :: Irreclaimable (a.) Incapable of being reclaimed.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
Civilize :: Civilize (v. t.) To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.
Tame :: Tame (a.) To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To exclaim against; to gainsay.
Reclaimant :: Reclaimant (n.) One who reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts.
Revendicate :: Revendicate (v. t.) To reclaim; to demand the restoration of.
Abandoned :: Abandoned (a.) Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain..
Reclaimed :: Reclaimed (imp. & p. p.) of Reclai.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To correct; to reform; -- said of things.
Polder :: Polder (n.) A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) 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..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.
Incorrigible :: Incorrigible (a.) Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable; as, incorrigible error..
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) 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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