Definition of reclaim

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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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Reclaimant :: Reclaimant (n.) One who reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts.
Reclaimed :: Reclaimed (imp. & p. p.) of Reclai.
Revindicate :: Revindicate (v. t.) To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back.
Reclaimer :: Reclaimer (n.) One who reclaims.
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 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 to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (n.) The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
Polder :: Polder (n.) A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments.
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..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call..
Reclaimless :: Reclaimless (a.) That can not be reclaimed.
Irreclaimable :: Irreclaimable (a.) Incapable of being reclaimed.
Chasten :: Chasten (v. t.) To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod..
Revendicate :: Revendicate (v. t.) To reclaim; to demand the restoration of.
Uncivilized :: Uncivilized (a.) Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude; barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
Civilized :: Civilized (a.) Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated..
Reclaiming :: Reclaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reclai.
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