Definition of reclaim

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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.

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Reclaimant :: Reclaimant (n.) One who reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts.
Restorable :: Restorable (a.) Admitting of being restored; capable of being reclaimed; as, restorable land..
Reclamation :: Reclamation (n.) The act or process of reclaiming.
Polder :: Polder (n.) A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments.
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..
Reclaiming :: Reclaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reclai.
Irreclaimable :: Irreclaimable (a.) Incapable of being reclaimed.
Civilized :: Civilized (a.) Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
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. i.) To draw back; to give way.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
Abandoned :: Abandoned (a.) Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain..
Reclaimless :: Reclaimless (a.) That can not be reclaimed.
Domesticate :: Domesticate (a.) To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call..
Revindicate :: Revindicate (v. t.) To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To exclaim against; to gainsay.
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..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
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