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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.
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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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
EXPANDa hawk," on notion of "reduce to obedience."
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