Definition of reclaim

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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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Reclaimless :: Reclaimless (a.) That can not be reclaimed.
Reclaimable :: Reclaimable (a.) That may be reclaimed.
Tamable :: Tamable (a.) Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness..
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.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To correct; to reform; -- said of things.
Revindicate :: Revindicate (v. t.) To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To exclaim against; to gainsay.
Reclaimer :: Reclaimer (n.) One who reclaims.
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.
Polder :: Polder (n.) A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments.
Incorrigible :: Incorrigible (a.) Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable; as, incorrigible error..
Reclaimed :: Reclaimed (imp. & p. p.) of Reclai.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To draw back; to give way.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call..
Uncivilized :: Uncivilized (a.) Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude; barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa..
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..
Civilize :: Civilize (v. t.) To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.
Restorable :: Restorable (a.) Admitting of being restored; capable of being reclaimed; as, restorable land..
Reclamation :: Reclamation (n.) The act or process of reclaiming.
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