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Definitions of 'reclaim'

1. (verb) reclaim, repossess
claim back

2. (verb) reclaim, recover
reuse (materials from waste products)

3. (verb) reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
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. (verb) reclaim
make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state
"The people reclaimed the marshes"

5. (verb) domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
"He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"

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