Reclaim

Reclaim
Reclaim Re*claim" (r[-e]*kl[=a]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reclaimed} (r[-e]*kl[=a]md"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reclaiming}.] [F. r['e]clamer, L. reclamare, reclamatum, to cry out against; pref. re- re- + clamare to call or cry aloud. See {Claim}.] 1. To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

2. To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting. [1913 Webster]

The headstrong horses hurried Octavius . . . along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

3. 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. ``An eagle well reclaimed.'' --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

4. 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. [1913 Webster]

5. To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform. [1913 Webster]

It is the intention of Providence, in all the various expressions of his goodness, to reclaim mankind. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]

6. To correct; to reform; -- said of things. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Your error, in time reclaimed, will be venial. --Sir E. Hoby. [1913 Webster]

7. To exclaim against; to gainsay. [Obs.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To reform; recover; restore; amend; correct. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Reclaim — Re*claim (r[ e]*kl[=a]m ), v. i. 1. To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions. [1913 Webster] Scripture reclaims, and the whole Catholic church reclaims, and Christian ears would not …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • reclaim — [ri klām′] vt. [ME reclaimen < OFr réclamer < L reclamare, to cry out against: see RE & CLAIM] 1. to rescue or bring back (a person or people) from error, vice, etc. to ways of living or thinking regarded as right; reform 2. to make… …   English World dictionary

  • Reclaim — Re*claim , n. The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Reclaim — Re*claim (r[=e]*kl[=a]m ), v. t. To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of. [1913 Webster] A tract of land [Holland] snatched from an element perpetually reclaiming its prior occupancy. W. Coxe. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • reclaim — (v.) c.1300, from O.Fr. reclamer to call back, appeal to (12c.), from L. reclamare cry out against, appeal, from re opposite, against (see RE (Cf. re )) + clamare cry out (see CLAIM (Cf. claim) (v.)). Meaning bring waste land into useful… …   Etymology dictionary

  • reclaim — save, ransom, redeem, deliver, *rescue Analogous words: *renew, restore, renovate: reform, rectify, remedy, *correct, amend Antonyms: abandon Contrasted words: desert, forsake (see ABANDON) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • reclaim — ► VERB 1) retrieve or recover. 2) bring (waste land or land formerly under water) under cultivation. 3) redeem from a state of vice. ► NOUN ▪ the action of reclaiming or the process of being reclaimed. DERIVATIVES reclamation noun …   English terms dictionary

  • reclaim — An act carried out by a seller who has tendered a live cattle delivery certificate that the assigned buyer has retendered. A seller will do this to collect the retender fee. To reclaim, the original seller establishes a long position in the pit… …   Financial and business terms

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