Definitions for reclaimrɪˈkleɪm

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

re-claimriˈkleɪm(v.t.)

or re•claim 2

  1. to claim the return or restoration of, as a right or possession.

Origin of re-claim:

1400–50

re•claimrɪˈkleɪm(v.t.)

  1. to bring (uncultivated areas or wasteland) into a condition for cultivation or other use.

  2. to recover (substances) in a pure or usable form from refuse, discarded articles, etc.

  3. to bring back to a more positive or wholesome way of life; rescue or reform.

  4. to tame.

  5. Ref: re-claim. 1

  6. (n.)reclamation:

    beyond reclaim.

Origin of reclaim:

1250–1300; (v.) ME recla(i)men < OF reclamer (tonic s. reclaim-) < L reclāmāre to cry out against

re•claim′a•ble(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. reclaim, repossess(verb)

    claim back

  2. reclaim, recover(verb)

    reuse (materials from waste products)

  3. reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify(verb)

    bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

    "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"

  4. reclaim(verb)

    make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state

    "The people reclaimed the marshes"

  5. domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame(verb)

    overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

    "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"

Wiktionary

  1. reclaim(Noun)

    The calling back of a hawk.

  2. reclaim(Noun)

    The bringing back or recalling of a person; the fetching of someone back.

  3. reclaim(Noun)

    An effort to take something back, to reclaim something.

  4. reclaim(Verb)

    To return land to a suitable condition for use.

  5. reclaim(Verb)

    To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.

  6. reclaim(Verb)

    To return someone to a proper course of action; to reform.

  7. reclaim(Verb)

    To claim something back; to repossess.

  8. reclaim(Verb)

    To tame or domesticate a wild animal.

  9. Origin: From reclaimer (noun recleim), reclamer (noun reclaim), from reclamare.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Reclaim(verb)

    to claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of

  2. Reclaim(verb)

    to call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call

  3. Reclaim(verb)

    to call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting

  4. Reclaim(verb)

    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

  5. Reclaim(verb)

    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

  6. Reclaim(verb)

    to call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform

  7. Reclaim(verb)

    to correct; to reform; -- said of things

  8. Reclaim(verb)

    to exclaim against; to gainsay

  9. Reclaim(verb)

    to cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions

  10. Reclaim(verb)

    to bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform

  11. Reclaim(verb)

    to draw back; to give way

  12. Reclaim(noun)

    the act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery


Translations for reclaim

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

reclaim(verb)

to ask for (something one owns which has been lost, stolen etc and found by someone else)

A wallet has been found and can be reclaimed at the manager's office.

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