Definition of reclaim

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Reclaim (v. t.) To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.

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Reclaimless :: Reclaimless (a.) That can not be reclaimed.
Restorable :: Restorable (a.) Admitting of being restored; capable of being reclaimed; as, restorable land..
Civilize :: Civilize (v. t.) To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) 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..
Civilized :: Civilized (a.) Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To exclaim against; to gainsay.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To correct; to reform; -- said of things.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
Irreclaimable :: Irreclaimable (a.) Incapable of being reclaimed.
Reclaiming :: Reclaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reclai.
Polder :: Polder (n.) A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments.
Revendicate :: Revendicate (v. t.) To reclaim; to demand the restoration of.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. i.) To draw back; to give way.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.
Revindicate :: Revindicate (v. t.) To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back.
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call..
Chasten :: Chasten (v. t.) To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod..
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.
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