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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
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     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.
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     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.
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     6. To correct; to reform; -- said of things. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Your error, in time reclaimed, will be venial. --Sir
                                                    E. Hoby.
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     7. To exclaim against; to gainsay. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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     Syn: To reform; recover; restore; amend; correct.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Reclaim \Re*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reclaimed; 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.
  
     2. To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to,
        for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
  
              The headstrong horses hurried Octavius . . . along,
              and were deaf to his reclaiming them. --Dryden.
  
     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.
  
     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.
  
     5. To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or
        transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or
        course of life; to reform.
  
              It is the intention of Providence, in all the
              various expressions of his goodness, to reclaim
              mankind.                              --Rogers.
  
     6. To correct; to reform; -- said of things. [Obs.]
  
              Your error, in time reclaimed, will be venial. --Sir
                                                    E. Hoby.
  
     7. To exclaim against; to gainsay. [Obs.] --Fuller.
  
     Syn: To reform; recover; restore; amend; correct.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  reclaiming
     vb.
     (present participle of en reclaim nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Reclaiming
     n.
     Reclaiming Wicca

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  reclaiming
     vb.
     (present participle of en reclaim nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Reclaiming
     n.
     Reclaiming Wicca

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  reclaiming
     vb.
     (present participle of en reclaim nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Reclaiming
     n.
     Reclaiming Wicca

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  reclaiming
     vb.
     (present participle of en reclaim nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Reclaiming
     n.
     Reclaiming Wicca

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  reclaiming
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm r eclaim ing)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Reclaiming /ɹɪklˈeɪmɪŋ/
  الإسترداد

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  reclaiming /ɹɪklˈeɪmɪŋ/ 
  znovuzískání