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(rklm"), v. t.To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of. A tract of land [Holland] snatched from an element perpetually reclaiming its prior occupancy. W. Coxe. Reclaim" (rklm"), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Reclaimed (-klmd"); p. pr. & vb. n.Reclaiming.] [F. rclamer, L. reclamare, reclamatum, to cry out against; pref. re- re- + clamare to call or cry aloud. See Claim.] 1. To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call. Chaucer. 2. To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting. The headstrong horses hurried Octavius . . . along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them. Dryden. 3. 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. "An eagle well reclaimed." Dryden. 4. 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. 5. To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or co Reclaim" (rklm"), v. i. 1. To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions. Scripture reclaims, and the whole Catholic church reclaims, and Christian ears would not hear it. Waterland. At a later period Grote reclaimed strongly against Mill's setting Whately above Hamilton. Bain. 2. To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform. They, hardened more by what might most reclaim, Grieving to see his glory, . . . took envy. Milton. 3. To draw back; to give way. [R. & Obs.] Spenser. Reclaim" n.The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery. [Obs.] スポンサード リンク
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