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reclaim

[ ri-kleym ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to bring (uncultivated areas or wasteland) into a condition for cultivation or other use.
  2. to recover (substances) in a pure or usable form from refuse, discarded articles, etc.

    Synonyms: ,

  3. to bring back to a preferable manner of living, sound principles, ideas, etc.
  4. to tame.


verb (used without object)

  1. to protest; object.

noun

  1. beyond reclaim.

reclaim

/ ɪˈɪ /

verb

  1. to claim back

    to reclaim baggage

  2. to convert (desert, marsh, waste ground, etc) into land suitable for growing crops
  3. to recover (useful substances) from waste products
  4. to convert (someone) from sin, folly, vice, etc
  5. falconry to render (a hawk or falcon) tame
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act of reclaiming or state of being reclaimed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳ, noun
  • ˈ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·a· adjective
  • ·İ noun
  • non·a· adjective
  • un·a· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of reclaim1

First recorded in 1250–1300; (verb) Middle English recla(i)men, from Old French reclamer (tonic stem reclaim- ), from Latin 𳦱峾 “to cry out against,” equivalent to re- + “to claim”; (noun) Middle English reclaim(e), from Old French reclaim, reclam, derivative of reclamer ; re-, claim
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of reclaim1

C13: from Old French é , from Latin 𳦱峾 to cry out, protest, from re- + to shout
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Synonym Study

See recover.
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But governments also want to reclaim their previous dominance of space, and everybody wants in.

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SIX the Musical tells the story of the many wives of Henry VIII, as they step out of the shadow of their infamous husband and reclaim the narrative.

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They, too, pretend to be some kind of rebellious, anti-globalist resistance, fighting the evil Western empire, reclaiming sovereignty, rejecting the corrupt elites.

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Parents trying to retrieve money from a pre-payment system for school meals are "disappointed and frustrated" at being charged a £10 administration fee to reclaim funds, a school leader has said.

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However, she went some way to reclaiming her creation when the Vampire Diaries was added to an Amazon Kindle scheme granting official permission for anyone to publish fan fiction linked to existing books.

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