Definition of reclaim

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Reclaim (v. t.) To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting..

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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..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To correct; to reform; -- said of things.
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..
Reclaimed :: Reclaimed (imp. & p. p.) of Reclai.
Uncivilized :: Uncivilized (a.) Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude; barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa..
Incorrigible :: Incorrigible (a.) Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable; as, incorrigible error..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
Reclaimer :: Reclaimer (n.) One who reclaims.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To draw back; to give way.
Revindicate :: Revindicate (v. t.) To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back.
Reclaimless :: Reclaimless (a.) That can not be reclaimed.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
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..
Restorable :: Restorable (a.) Admitting of being restored; capable of being reclaimed; as, restorable land..
Reclaiming :: Reclaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reclai.
Abandoned :: Abandoned (a.) Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To exclaim against; to gainsay.
Irreclaimable :: Irreclaimable (a.) Incapable of being reclaimed.
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..
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