Word
Reclaim
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
re-claim
Definition
- v. t. - To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to
attempt to recover possession of.
- v. t. - To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a
certain customary call.
- v. t. - To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call
to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - 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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