Definition of reclaim

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Reclaim (v. t.) To correct; to reform; -- said of things.

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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..
Reclaimless :: Reclaimless (a.) That can not be reclaimed.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
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 from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting..
Civilized :: Civilized (a.) Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated..
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.
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 correct; to reform; -- said of things.
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.
Tamable :: Tamable (a.) Capable of being tamed, subdued, or reclaimed from wildness or savage ferociousness..
Uncivilized :: Uncivilized (a.) Not civilized; not reclaimed from savage life; rude; barbarous; savage; as, the uncivilized inhabitants of Central Africa..
Polder :: Polder (n.) A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments.
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 (n.) The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery..
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..
Abandoned :: Abandoned (a.) Self-abandoned, or given up to vice; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked ; as, an abandoned villain..
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 exclaim against; to gainsay.
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