RECLAIM. To demand again, to insist upon a right; as, when a defendant for a consideration received from the plaintiff, has covenanted to do an act, and fails to do it, the plaintiff may bring covenant for the breach, or assumpsit to reclaim the consideration. 1 Caines, 47.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

Reclaim \Re*claim"\ (r[-e]*kl[=a]m"), v. i.

1. To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions. [1913 Webster]

Scripture reclaims, and the whole Catholic church reclaims, and Christian ears would not hear it. --Waterland. [1913 Webster]

At a later period Grote reclaimed strongly against Mill's setting Whately above Hamilton. --Bain. [1913 Webster]

2. To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform. [1913 Webster]

They, hardened more by what might most reclaim, Grieving to see his glory, . . . took envy. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

3. To draw back; to give way. [R. & Obs.]

--Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Reclaim \Re*claim"\ (r[=e]*kl[=a]m"), v. t. To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of. [1913 Webster]

A tract of land [Holland] snatched from an element perpetually reclaiming its prior occupancy. --W. Coxe. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Reclaim \Re*claim"\ (r[-e]*kl[=a]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reclaimed (r[-e]*kl[=a]md"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reclaiming.]

[F. r['e]clamer, 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. [1913 Webster]

2. To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting. [1913 Webster]

The headstrong horses hurried Octavius . . . along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

5. To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform. [1913 Webster]

It is the intention of Providence, in all the various expressions of his goodness, to reclaim mankind. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]

6. To correct; to reform; -- said of things. [Obs.]

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Your error, in time reclaimed, will be venial. --Sir E. Hoby. [1913 Webster]

7. To exclaim against; to gainsay. [Obs.]

--Fuller. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To reform; recover; restore; amend; correct. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Reclaim \Re*claim"\, n. The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery. [Obs.]

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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

reclaim

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Reclaim \Re*claim"\, 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Reclaim \Re*claim"\, 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Reclaim \Re*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reclaimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Reclaiming.]

[F. r['e]clamer, 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 course of life; to reform.

It is the intention of Providence, in all the various expressions of his goodness, to reclaim mankind. --Rogers.

6. To correct; to reform; -- said of things. [Obs.]

Your error, in time reclaimed, will be venial. --Sir E. Hoby.

7. To exclaim against; to gainsay. [Obs.]

--Fuller.

Syn: To reform; recover; restore; amend; correct.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Reclaim \Re*claim"\, n. The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery. [Obs.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)