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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reclaim \Re*claim"\, noun The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reclaim \Re*claim"\ (r[=e]*kl[=a]m"), verb (used with an object) To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
A tract of land [Holland] snatched from an element perpetually reclaiming its prior occupancy. --W. Coxe.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reclaim \Re*claim"\ (r[-e]*kl[=a]m"), verb (used with an object) [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.
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reclaim \Re*claim"\ (r[-e]*kl[=a]m"), verb (used without an object)
1. To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
Scripture reclaims, and the whole Catholic church reclaims, and Christian ears would not hear it. --Waterland.
At a later period Grote reclaimed strongly against Mill's setting Whately above Hamilton. --Bain.
2. To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
They, hardened more by what might most reclaim, Grieving to see his glory, . . . took envy. --Milton.
3. To draw back; to give way. [R. & Obs.] --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
reclaim
verb
1: claim back [syn: {repossess}]
2: of materials from waste products [syn: {recover}]
3: bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct" [syn: {reform}, {regenerate}, {rectify}]
4: make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; "The people reclaimed the marshes"
5: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" [syn: {domesticate}, {domesticize}, {domesticise}, {tame}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "reclaim": abet, aid, amend, assist, avail, bail out, bear a hand, befriend, benefit, comfort, do good, doctor, ease, favor, get back, give a boost, give a hand, give a lift, give help, help, lend a hand, lend one aid, new-model, proffer aid, protect, rally, ransom, re-form, recapture, recondition, reconstruct, recoup, recover, recuperate, recycle, redeem, reeducate, refashion, reform, regain, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinstruct, rejuvenate, relieve, remedy, remodel, render assistance, renew, renovate, reoccupy, repatriate, replevin, replevy, repossess, rescue, reshape, restitute, restore, restore self-respect, resume, resuscitate, retake, retrieve, revindicate, revive, salvage, save, set straight, set up, succor, take back, take in tow, win back
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