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verb (used with object)
1.
to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
2.
to claim again.
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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.
3.
to bring back to a preferable manner of living, sound principles, ideas, etc.
4.
to tame.
5.
verb (used without object)
6.
to protest; object.
noun
7.
reclamation: beyond reclaim.
Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English recla(i)men < Old French reclamer (tonic stem reclaim-) < Latin reclāmāre to cry out against, equivalent to re- re- + clāmāre to claim; (noun) Middle English reclaim(e) < Old French reclaim, reclam, derivative of reclamer
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English recla(i)men < Old French reclamer (tonic stem reclaim-) < Latin reclāmāre to cry out against, equivalent to re- re- + clāmāre to claim; (noun) Middle English reclaim(e) < Old French reclaim, reclam, derivative of reclamer
Related forms
re·claim·a·ble, adjective
re·claim·er, noun
non·re·claim·a·ble, adjective
un·re·claim·a·ble, adjective
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reclaim (rɪˈkleɪm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 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 |
| —n | |
| 6. | the act of reclaiming or state of being reclaimed |
| [C13: from Old French réclamer, from Latin reclāmāre to cry out, protest, from | |
| re'claimable | |
| —adj | |
| re'claimant | |
| —n | |
| re'claimer | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
reclaim
c.1300, from O.Fr. reclamer "to call back, appeal to" (12c.), from L. reclamare "cry out against, appeal," from re- "opposite, against" + clamare "cry out" (see claim). Meaning "bring waste land into useful condition" first attested 1764, probably via M.E. meaning "call back
a hawk," on notion of "reduce to obedience."
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Example sentences
Now that codes of best practices are returning fair use to normalcy, it is time for scholars to reclaim fair use.
But there is sometimes room to use painful language to reclaim our own history.
For that reason he deserves to rediscovered and to reclaim his old visibility.
Properly driven, hybrids reclaim kinetic energy of moving vehicles when they are braked.
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