Definitions for Reclaim
rɪˈkleɪmre·claim

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reclaim, repossessverb

   claim back

2. reclaim, recoververb

   reuse (materials from waste products)

3. reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectifyverb

   bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

   "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"

4. reclaimverb

   make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state

   "The people reclaimed the marshes"

5. domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tameverb

   overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

   "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reclaimnoun

   The calling back of a hawk.

2. reclaimnoun

   The bringing back or recalling of a person; the fetching of someone back.

3. reclaimnoun

   An effort to take something back, to reclaim something.

4. reclaimverb

   To return land to a suitable condition for use.

5. reclaimverb

   To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.

6. reclaimverb

   To return someone to a proper course of action; to reform.

7. reclaimverb

   To claim something back; to repossess.

8. reclaimverb

   To tame or domesticate a wild animal.

9. Etymology: From reclaimer (noun recleim), reclamer (noun reclaim), from reclamare.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Reclaimverb

   Etymology: reclamo, Latin.

   1. To reform; to correct.

   He spared not the heads of any mischievous practices, but shewed sharp judgment on them for ensample sake, that all the meaner sort, which were infected with that evil, might, by terror thereof, be reclaimed and saved. Edmund Spenser.

   This errour whosoever is able to reclaim, he shall save more in one summer, than Themison destroy’d in any autumn. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

   Reclaim your wife from strolling up and down
   To all assizes. John Dryden, Juvenal.

   ’Tis the intention of providence, in all the various expressions of his goodness, to reclaim mankind, and to engage their obedience. John Rogers, Sermons.

   The penal laws in being against papists have been found ineffectual, and rather confirm than reclaim men from their errors. Jonathan Swift.

   2. [ Reclamer, Fr.] To reduce to the state desired.

   It was for him to hasten to let his people see, that he meant to govern by law, howsoever he came in by the sword; and fit also to reclaim them, to know him for their king, whom they had so lately talked of as an enemy. Francis Bacon.

   Much labour is requir’d in trees, to tame
   Their wild disorder, and in ranks reclaim. Dryden.

   Minds she the dangers of the Lycian coast?
   Or is her tow’ring flight reclaim’d,
   By seas from Icarus’s downfal nam’d?
   Vain is the call, and useless the advice. Matthew Prior.

   3. To recall; to cry out against.

   The head-strong horses hurried Octavius, the trembling charioteer, along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them. Dryd.

   Oh tyrant love!
   Wisdom and wit in vain reclaim,
   And arts but soften us to feel thy flame. Alexander Pope.

   4. To tame.

   Upon his fist he bore
   An eagle well reclaim’d. John Dryden, Knight’s Tale.

   Are not hawks brought to the hand, and lions, tygers and bears reclaimed by good usage? Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. reclaim

   To reclaim means to recover or retrieve something that was previously lost, taken away, abandoned or discarded. This could be a physical item, a right, a space or various forms of personal or social aspects. Additionally, it could also refer to the process of making land or other natural resources suitable for human use again after being damaged or degraded.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reclaimverb

   to claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of

2. Reclaimverb

   to call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call

3. Reclaimverb

   to call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting

4. Reclaimverb

   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

5. Reclaimverb

   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

6. Reclaimverb

   to call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform

7. Reclaimverb

   to correct; to reform; -- said of things

8. Reclaimverb

   to exclaim against; to gainsay

9. Reclaimverb

   to cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions

10. Reclaimverb

    to bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform

11. Reclaimverb

    to draw back; to give way

12. Reclaimnoun

    the act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery

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1. Reclaim

   'Reclaim' is Keep of Kalessin's first EP. It was released on December 6, 2003 in the United States and in Europe on January 15, 2004 as a Mini CD. It was recorded in July, 2003 in Silverstone Studios and Schweinhund Studios. The EP was produced by Schwein and Obsidian C.. The EP was mixed by Schwein and mastered by Masterhuset. The cover design was done by MultiMono, by Asgeir Mickelson Frost heard the new Keep of Kalessin material and immediately said yes when Obsidian C. asked him to do the drumming on this new EP. Touring with Satyricon also made it possible for Obsidian C. to recruit the legendary Attila Csihar for the vocals on Reclaim who is well known for the vocals on Mayhem´s De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. The three piece line-up recorded the EP which put the band into the Elite black metal scene of Norway, but due to the distance between Frost, Attila and Obsidian C., this line-up was short-lived. Attila did all the vocals on this release. However, Obsidian C. performed additional vocals on Come Damnation and Reclaim. Obsidian C. is also responsible for writing the music, except for IX which was written by Obsidian C. and S. Groenbech. Traveler was written, but also performed by S. Groenbech alone. The lyrics were written by Torstein Parelius, courtesy of Chton and Manes. The lyrics of Reclaim were written by Obsidian C. and he was also responsible for the lyrical arrangements, together with Attila.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Reclaim

   rē-klām′, v.t. to demand the return of: to regain: to bring back from a wild or barbarous state, or from error or vice: to bring into a state of cultivation: to bring into the desired condition: to make tame or gentle: to reform.—v.i. to cry out or exclaim: (Scots law) to appeal from the Lord Ordinary to the inner house of the Court of Session.—adj. Reclaim′able, that may be reclaimed or reformed.—adv. Reclaim′ably.—ns. Reclaim′ant, one who reclaims; Reclamā′tion, act of reclaiming: state of being reclaimed, as of waste land: demand: recovery. [Fr.,—L. re-, again, clamāre, to cry out.]

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Anagrams for Reclaim »

1. claimer

2. miracle

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Reclaim in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Reclaim in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Reclaim in a Sentence

1. Defense Secretary Ash Carter:

   I was not satisfied with the early efforts in that regard, and so we are looking at different ways to achieve the same strategic objectives, which is the right one, which is to enable capable motivated forces on the ground to retake territory from ISIL and reclaim Syrian territory from extremism so we have devised a number of different approaches to that going forward.

2. Christine Pelosi:

   That is what she is now — telling women' reclaim yourself. Don't be defined by other people's expectations or mischaracterizations of you,'.

3. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake:

   I think we saw a lot more of what Baltimore is about, we saw people coming together to reclaim our city, to clean our city, and to help heal our city. I think this can be our defining moment.

4. Antony Blinken:

   His plan all along has been to invade Ukraine. To control Ukraine and its people. To destroy Ukraine’s democracy, to reclaim Ukraine as a part of Russia.

5. Gabriel Schwaderer:

   It is not possible to do both, we have a clear message for the government: reclaim a natural park from the mountains to the Adriatic Sea. This will be unique.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Reclaim
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reclaim
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Reclaim
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Reclaim
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Reclaim
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Reclaim
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Reclaim