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Reclaim   /riklˈeɪm/   Listen
Reclaim

verb
(past & past part. reclaimed; pres. part. reclaiming)
1.
Claim back.  Synonym: repossess.
2.
Reuse (materials from waste products).  Synonym: recover.
3.
Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one.  Synonyms: rectify, reform, regenerate.  "Reform your conduct"
4.
Make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state.
5.
Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.  Synonyms: domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, tame.  "Reclaim falcons"





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"Reclaim" Quotes from Famous Books



... faith in half-way measures, and a tin box is a half-way measure for a hen, just as cleaning house without bed-sunning is trifling," said Mrs. Addcock, with a final prod as she came out to the barn with Mrs. Tillett to reclaim ...
— The Golden Bird • Maria Thompson Daviess
... functioning state, or cross national borders. In some cases the government wants to exercise greater effective sovereignty over its lands and maintain control within its borders but lacks the necessary capacity. We will strengthen the capacity of such War on Terror partners to reclaim full control of their territory through effective police, border, and other security forces as well as functioning systems of justice. To further counter terrorist exploitation of under-governed lands, we will promote effective economic development to help ...
— National Strategy for Combating Terrorism - September 2006 • United States
... better way to be, by meek exhortations and instructions to endeavour to reclaim them from any error, and not by force to compel men's consciences, as is used ...
— A Journal of the Swedish Embassy in the Years 1653 and 1654, Vol II. • Bulstrode Whitelocke
... for her good, after all, dear girl! She will reclaim him. A fortune lies before them; for Roger will be easily convinced, and will surrender his claim to them. Ratman is too long-sighted not to see that I can help him in the matter, and that on my own terms. We shall start fresh with a clear balance-sheet, and live in ...
— Roger Ingleton, Minor • Talbot Baines Reed
... to reclaim himself by a show of lightness. He was leaning on the rail looking at the sea. The scene ...
— New Burlesques • Bret Harte


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