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re-claim

[ree-kleym]
–verb (used with object)
1. to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
2. to claim again.
Also, reclaim.


Origin:
1400–50; late ME. See re-, claim
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re-claim   (rē-klām')   
tr.v.   re-claimed, re-claim·ing, re-claims
To demand the restoration or return of (a possession, for example); claim again or back.
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