RECLAIM

reclaim

Noun

  1. The calling back of a hawk.
  2. The bringing back or recalling of a person; the fetching of someone back.
  3. An effort to take something back, to reclaim something.

Verb

  1. To return land to a suitable condition for use.
  2. To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.
  3. To return someone to a proper course of action, or correct an error; to reform.
  4. To claim something back; to repossess.
  5. To tame or domesticate a wild animal.
  6. To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
  7. To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
  8. To draw back; to give way.


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