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What (who) is Reclaim - definition
reclaim
¦ verb
1. retrieve or recover.
2. bring (waste land or land formerly under water) under cultivation.
recycle.
3. dated redeem from a state of vice.
archaic tame or civilize (an animal or person).
¦ noun the action of reclaiming or being reclaimed.
Derivatives
reclaimable adjective
reclaimer noun
reclamation noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. reclamer, from L. reclamare 'cry out against', from re- 'back' + clamare 'to shout'.
Reclaim
·vi To draw back; to give way.
II. Reclaim ·vt To exclaim against; to Gainsay.
III. Reclaim ·vi To bring anyone back from evil courses; to Reform.
IV. Reclaim ·noun The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery.
V. Reclaim ·vt To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call.
- said of things.
VII. Reclaim ·vt To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
VIII. Reclaim ·vt To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
IX. Reclaim ·vi To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to Contradict; to take exceptions.
X. Reclaim ·vt 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.
XI. Reclaim ·vt To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to Reform.
XII. Reclaim ·vt 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
v. a.
1.
Reform, amend.
2.
Regain, recover, restore, reinstate.
3.
Correct, reduce to order, amend.
4.
Tame, make gentle.
Wikipedia
Reclaim
Reclaim, reclaimed, reclaimer, reclaiming or reclamation means "to get something back".
Examples of use of Reclaim
1. "The clarion call is still reclaim, reclaim, reclaim.
2. Other countries plan to reclaim their properties.
3. Purdue was ultimately unable to reclaim its market share.
4. Sometimes the mother returns to reclaim her baby.
5. Alexander Spotswood was able to reclaim her property.