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Re*claim" (r&ē;*kl&ā;m"), v. t. To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
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A tract of land [Holland] snatched from an element perpetually reclaiming its prior occupancy. W. Coxe.
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Re*claim" (r&euptack_;*kl&ā;m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reclaimed (r&euptack_;*kl&ā;md"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reclaiming.] [F. réclamer, 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.
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2. To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
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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.
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5. 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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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.]
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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.
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Re*claim" (r&euptack_;*kl&ā;m"), v. i. 1. To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
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Scripture reclaims, and the whole Catholic church reclaims, and Christian ears would not hear it. Waterland.
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At a later period Grote reclaimed strongly against Mill's setting Whately above Hamilton. Bain.
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2. To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
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They, hardened more by what might most reclaim,
Grieving to see his glory, . . . took envy. Milton.
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3. To draw back; to give way. [R. & Obs.] Spenser.
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Re*claim", n. The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery. [Obs.]
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