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reclaimer

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re⋅claim

  [ri-kleym]
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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. re-claim.
–verb (used without object)
6. to protest; object.
–noun
7. reclamation: beyond reclaim.
Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) ME recla(i)men < OF reclamer (tonic s. reclaim-) < L reclāmāre to cry out against, equiv. to re- re- + clāmāre to claim; (n.) ME reclaim(e) < OF reclaim, reclam, deriv. of reclamer

Related forms:
re⋅claim⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅claim⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
2. regain, restore. See recover.
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re·claim   (rĭ-klām')   
tr.v.   re·claimed, re·claim·ing, re·claims

  1. To bring into or return to a suitable condition for use, as cultivation or habitation: reclaim marshlands; reclaim strip-mined land.

  2. To procure (usable substances) from refuse or waste products.

  3. To bring back, as from error, to a right or proper course; reform. See Synonyms at save1.

  4. To tame (a falcon, for example).


[Middle English reclamen, to call back, from Old French reclamer, to entreat, from Latin reclāmāre : re-, re- + clāmāre, to cry out; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
re·claim'a·ble adj., re·claim'ant, re·claim'er 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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: re·claim
Pronunciation: "rE-'klAm
Function: transitive verb
1 : to make fit or available for human use <reclaiming land that had been strip-mined>
2 a : to demand the return of by right b : to regain possession of
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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