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reclaim

(r/i/'kl/eI/m )

The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery.(noun)

source: webster1913

claim back(verb.possession)

Synonym:
repossess

source: wordnet30
reuse (materials from waste products)(verb.possession)

Synonym:
recover

source: wordnet30
bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one(verb.change)

Synonym:
rectify, reform, regenerate

source: wordnet30
make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state(verb.change)

Example:
The people reclaimed the marshes.

source: wordnet30
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable(verb.change)

Example:
Reclaim falcons.

Synonym:
domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, tame

source: wordnet30
To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.(verb)

source: webster1913
To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.(verb)

source: webster1913

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