reclaimn.¹

Brit.

/rᵻˈkleɪm/,

/ˌriːˈkleɪm/,

/ˈriːkleɪm/, U.S.

/rəˈkleɪm/,

/riˈkleɪm/,

/ˈriˌkleɪm/

Forms: Middle English reclaym, Middle English recleyme, Middle English 1600s– reclaim, Middle English–1500s reclayme, Middle English–1600s reclaime, late Middle English racleyme (northern), late Middle English reclame, late Middle English recleme; also Scottish pre-1700 reclame.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French reclaim.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman recleim, recleime, Anglo-Norman and Middle French reclaim (French réclame ) call, invocation (12th cent. in Old French), cry to call back a hawk, action of recalling a hawk (12th cent.), repute, reputation (13th cent.), (in law) claiming back (13th cent.), challenge, contradictory claim (14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman) < reclaimer , reclamer reclaim v. Compare post-classical Latin reclamium claim, counterclaim (c1255, 1267, 1276 in British sources), Old Occitan reclam (13th cent.), Catalan reclam (14th cent.), Spanish reclamo (13th cent.), Portuguese reclamo (16th cent.), Italian reclamo (17th cent.). Compare reclaim v., and also réclame n., re-claim n.², reclamation n., reclaiming n.On the pronunciation history compare discussion at reclaim v. Compare also re-claim n.²

†1.

a. Falconry. The recalling of a hawk. Only in to come to (the) reclaim: (of a hawk) to return when called back. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [noun] > hawking procedures

casting1388

to come to reclaima1398

rebukingc1400

plumage?a1450

enseamingc1575

imping1575

mewing1575

weathering1575

manning1580

lure1614

carry1618

coping1855

seeling1859

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 143 By moche mete sche wexiþ fat and..slowe and dedeyneþ nouȝt to come to reclayme.

a1475 Dis. Hawk (Harl. 2340) f. 25^v, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Reclaim(e Take hir on þi fyst And lat hir cum to reclayme.

1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. bii And or she come to the reclame make her that she sowre not.

1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum f. 178 For by too much meate she waxeth fat, and..slowe, and disdayneth to come to reclaime.

b. figurative. The recalling or bringing back of a person. Obsolete (archaic and rare in later use).

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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > summons or summoning > summoning back

again-calling1417

revocation?a1439

reclaima1450

revoke1498

reappeal1550

recall1586

remand1601

recallment1650

a1450 York Plays (1885) 309 (MED) Whanne he comys to racleyme, þan may ȝe cuse hym.

c1475 (?a1449) in Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1934) ii. 834 (MED) Defye false fortune, And al recleymes of hyr double luyne.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. x. sig. Mm3 The louing couple..leasure had..to frame Their purpost flight, free from all mens reclame.

1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman Contents sig. A2^v Motives to Hospitality with a reclaime of our Gentry from the Court to their Countrey.

1820 W. Scott Monastery II. x. 293 Beware thou come to reclaim, wench, else I will wring thy head off one of these days.

c. The revoking of an edict. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > illegality > [noun] > legal invalidity or faultiness > annulment or abrogation

reversing?a1425

repealing1431

abatementc1436

cancellingc1440

annullation1449

defeasance1456

voidance1488

reversal1489

reduction1496

repeal1503

extinguishment1528

disannulling1533

abrogation1535

obrogation1535

unplacing1554

nullity1555

reversement1572

reclaim1604

disaffirmancea1626

avoidance1628

rescinding1638

cassating1647

vacating1648

voiding1649

defease1650

annulment1651

unlawing1651

defeat1657

vacuating1684

peremption1726

invalidation1771

rescindment1783

supersession1790

disaffirmation1827

disenactment1859

discharge1892

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. §4. 234 Ester..procured the death of Hamman, and the reclaime of that bloody edict.

2. The action, fact, or process of reclaiming or saving a person from a state of vice, an immoral way of life, etc.; the state of being so reclaimed; reformation, redemption (now rare). Now chiefly in weakened sense: restoration of a previous state; improvement. Frequently in beyond (also past) reclaim.In early examples perhaps an extended use of sense 1a.

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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [noun]

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amendmentc1300

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castigationc1397

reclaima1400

reformation1425

emendationc1540

emendingc1542

recovery1542

reparence1556

emendment1569

reduction1610

reclamation1629

reclaimer1650

reform1738

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1578 (MED) Was nan þam moght bring to reclaim.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxix^v He..buylded newe the cytie & Castell of Beau Maryse, and broughte the vnsteadfast Walshmen to newe reclayme.

1582 in Bible (Rheims) Pref. 11 For the better preseruation or reclaime of many good souls endangered thereby.

a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 103 Let him examine his own conscience, and Impartially sift all the manner of his reclaim.

1682 E. Ravenscroft London Cuckolds iii. i. 26 To stay longer to give you good Counsell would be loss of time, for I perceive you are past reclaim.

1736 A. S. Catcott Supreme & Inferiour Elahim 30 The heathen nations were abominably wicked, cruel, past reclaim, and therefore not fit to live on the earth.

1783 tr. Virgil Aeneid iv. 11 in New Transl. Virgil's Eclogues If he to honour Deaf, beyond reclaim, Hear not the Call—why, from his promis'd Fame, His Son withheld?

1806 in T. P. Bunting Life Jabez Bunting (1859) 252 The reclaim of three notorious sinners in this circuit; one under the ministry of Mr. and Mrs. Wilshaw.

1844 Rep. Executive Comm. Amer. Temperance Union 27 in Bioletti Pamph. Coll. on Temperance II. The reclaim of the drunkard is of greatest moment to him.

1891 J. Aitchison Signa Christi vi. 225 [Christ is] the real Originator of societies for reclaim of the fallen.

1921 R. Graves in Lit. Digest 8 Oct. 38/3 Richard Roe wished himself Job the prophet, Sunk past reclaim in stinking rags and shame.

1995 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 5 Mar. 48 The character Nell is wildly different, a freak of nature apparently damaged beyond reclaim, afflicted by a uniquely isolated upbringing.

2007 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 7 May a7 [It] is not a tacit admission that neither he nor anybody else in the Bush administration is capable of assuming responsibility, and that the situation there [sc. in Iraq] is beyond reclaim.

†3. A challenge or protest. Obsolete.In quot. 1440: a laying claim to something, thus challenging someone else's right.

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the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [noun] > a protest

gaincalla1300

reclaim1440

remonstrance?1566

counterblast1567

testimony1582

deprecation1626

protestation1638

regret1642

protest1644

representation1659

crusade1786

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 425 Recleyme, or chalange, clameum, vendicacio.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 386 He him silf mai it lette bi the reclaime..which he mai make.

c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 144 (MED) He makiþ no reclaym bi outward or inward deede of wil in þe tyme of þe couenaunt makyng.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xii. 70 Þe Sabinis complanit þat þare rebellis..war þare Intertenyit but ony reclame or punycioun eftir following.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 26166 The eistmest part of Britane..Saxonis sal haue..Without reclame [of] ony Brit agane.

1582 in H. Paton Rep. Laing MSS (1914) I. 33 We all sall abyde at thair delyverance without reclame.

1711 in B. D. Hicks Rec. N. & S. Hempstead, Long Island (1897) II. 426 To have and to hold all and singular the said lottment of land..without any manner of Reclaim Challenge or Contradiction.

1774 tr. Charter in T. West Antiq. Furness 30 Gilbert and Helwise..granted and quit-claimed to the said monks and monastery of Furness..whatever privilege the said Gilbert and Helwise had in that part of the fells,..absolutely and quietly, without reclaim by them or their heirs.

4. The claiming back of something; esp. by asserting a legal right; spec. (in later use) the claiming back of tax, money, etc., that is owing; an instance of this.

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society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > claiming as due or right > for return of something

reclaim1560

reclamationc1626

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxvij^v Fridericke maketh reclaime to hys landes.

1609 Bible (Douay) I. Judges xi. 26 Wherfore haue you so long attempted nothing for reclaime?

1662 A. Wright Pract. Comm. or Expos. Pentateuch 200 When men began wickedly to alienate the same [sc. tithes], and usurp upon his sacred Right, then his re-claim and re-seizure thereof condemns the usurpers of down-right theft.

1827 Bengal Almanac 50 Export numbers given, either for Drawback, or for reclaim of Deposit on Sugar &c. should be examined.

1828 P. Hoare Mem. Granville Sharp Index p. lxiii/2 Portland, Duke of, resists a reclaim of lands granted to his ancestors.

1884 J. H. Ferguson Man. Internat. Law I. §218 The reclaim of the goods becomes void, when they have been bonâ fide bought by a third party.

1928 Times 14 Sept. 8/5 I usually send in my form for reclaim of income-tax and soon receive a card stating that my communication shall receive ‘early attention’.

1977 Mod. Law Rev. 40 123 On reclaim by a parent of a child in voluntary care, ‘the local authority must hand the child over to the parent’.

1999 R. A. Anderson et al. Business Law & Legal Environm. (ed. 17) xxxv. 667 The subjecting buyers to a creditor's reclaim of goods would cause great delay.

5. The reclaiming of land; = reclamation n. 6a.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun]

amendment1483

improvement1549

improvinga1563

recoverya1632

mendment1644

cultivation1791

reclaim1799

reclamation1810

intaking1812

redemption1812

clearing1821

reclaimment1852

land reclamation1881

breaking-in1891

greening1955

1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 421 While the country underwent the work of reclaim.

1811 J. E. Stock Mem. T. Beddoes 226 Who..grudges pains and perseverance when the question is the reclaim of a piece of land from the waste?

1840 Acts Tennessee 1839–40 35 (note) Reclaim of land.

1935 H. J. Greenwall Round World for News xvi. 217 People in high places with whom I talked in Rome do not pretend..that the reclaim of marshland does anything but scratch the surface of the vast problem of the Italian surplus population.

1990 Cultural Anthropol. 5 283 The strategic reclaim of the Dutch polders in the 17th century.

6. = reclaimed rubber at reclaimed adj. 2b; (also as a count noun) a type or batch of this.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > rubber materials > [noun] > reclaimed

recovered rubber1881

reclaimed rubber1883

shoddy1892

reclaim1922

1922 Times 4 July p. xiv/3 When crude rubber began to drop in price, reclaimed rubber was pushed out. Soon, however, it was found that a certain amount of reclaim was necessary to secure the best results.

1954 H. J. Stern Rubber vi. 200 Small differences in temperature from one part of the rubber to the other greatly affect the uniformity of the reclaims.

1971 R. Singleton in C. M. Blow Rubber Technol. & Manuf. vi. 207 First-quality reclaim made from whole tyres contains about 45% rubber hydrocarbon by weight. The remaining 55% consists of valuable carbon black, a little mineral filler, and softeners.

2007 Rubber World (Nexis) 1 Sept. 69 If a reclaim is used in a compound, it is possible and/or necessary to optimize the total compound recipe.

7. Chiefly British. Short for baggage reclaim n. at baggage n. and adj. Additions. Chiefly attributive, as reclaim area, reclaim hall, etc.

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1969 Aeronaut. Jrnl. 73 489/2 The airside face of the building, where the bags will be unloaded and despatched to the reclaim area.

1980 Times 9 Oct. 18/7 The position does prevent the entrances to the reclaim hall becoming congested with trolleys.

2007 A. Kazda & R. E. Caves Airport Design & Operation xii. 263 The baggage claim hall needs to be close to the airside road system for ease of transferring bags from the carts to the reclaim belt.

2008 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 29 Mar. 24 (heading) How they brought the luggage from check-in to reclaim at Heathrow's Terminal Five.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

reclaimv.

Brit.

/rᵻˈkleɪm/,

/ˌriːˈkleɪm/, U.S.

/rəˈkleɪm/,

/riˈkleɪm/

Forms: Middle English reclaym, Middle English recleme, Middle English recleyme, Middle English–1600s reclaime, Middle English–1600s reclame, Middle English–1600s reclayme, 1500s– reclaim; Scottish pre-1700 reclaiȝme, pre-1700 reclaime, pre-1700 reclame, pre-1700 reclayme, pre-1700 recleame, pre-1700 recleme, pre-1700 1700s– reclaim.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French reclaim-, recleimer, reclamer.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman recleimer, Anglo-Norman and Middle French reclamer (stressed stem reclaim-; French réclamer ) to call on, invoke, call for, call back (someone), to call back (a falcon) (12th cent. in Old French), to claim back, claim again (13th cent.), to oppose, challenge (14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), (intransitive) to oppose (end of the 14th cent., with de ) < classical Latin reclāmāre to call out in response, (of places) to shout back, to cry out in protest, object loudly, to appeal, in post-classical Latin also to claim, claim back (10th cent.; from 11th cent. in British sources), to lay claim to (11th cent.) < re- re- prefix + clāmāre claim v. Compare Old Occitan reclamar (12th cent.), Catalan reclamar (14th cent.), Spanish reclamar (13th cent.), Portuguese reclamar (15th cent.), Italian reclamare (1513).In later use frequently reanalysed as a formation < re- prefix + claim v., hence with pronunciation Brit. /ˌriːˈkleɪm/, U.S. /riˈkleɪm/ (compare discussion at re- prefix). Compare reclaim n.¹, re-claim n.²

a. transitive. Falconry. To call or bring back (a hawk that has been released). Also figurative and in figurative context.In earlier use not always clearly distinguishable from sense 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [verb (transitive)] > recall hawk

lurec1386

reclaima1393

rebatea1475

rappel1575

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 4724 (MED) He faileth of his game That wol with ydel hand reclame His hauk.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3530 (MED) For hauk es eth, als i here say, To reclaym [Trin. Cambr. recleyme] þat has tint his pray.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 72 He wole..Reclayme thee and brynge thee to lure.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. 2166 (MED) Fortune koude recleyme hem to hir lure.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 126 The kyng..came into this gardyne for to reclayme a sperhawke of his.

a1500 tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Cambr.) 634 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 103 (MED) Þaire bysy hertes passen to and fro, Þai be so wele reclaymed to the lure.

a1500 Who Carpys (Trin. Cambr. O.9.38) in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 27 (MED) Y reclaymyd on, as y schall reporte.

1585 R. Greene Mamillia 21 What calleth the byrde, but the scrappe? what reclaimeth the hawke, but the lure?

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. xliii. 872 To reclaime and bring them to the lure.

1603 N. Breton Dialogue Pithe & Pleasure sig. C4^v Who reclaimes the Hawke to the lure, but the expert Faulconer?

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Reclaiming The Sparrow-Hawk, Gosse-Hawk, &c. are reclaimed with the Voice: The Falcon only by shaking the Lure.

1840 Brit. Birds 23 A long silken thread, called a creance, was attached to the bewits, by means of which she could soar as high as was necessary, and be again reclaimed.

1944 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 2 254/1 The falconer then reclaimed his falcon by the use of the lure before she had time to gorge on her quarry.

1963 Times 5 Oct. 11/3 The falconer's lure, baited with tit-bits of meat, for reclaiming hawks.

1998 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 24 Sept. 11 Her ankles carried only the thin ‘jesses’, narrow leather strips that the falconer uses to reclaim a bird to the fist.

†b. transitive. To recall or call back (a person or animal). Obsolete.

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society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon > back

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renvoy1477

reappeal1480

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1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 8 Knowing yong wits were wandring, he beganne to reclaime him thus.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xii. sig. Y4 Willed him for to reclayme with speed His scattred people, ere they all were slaine.

1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. i. 208 When..he oppressed the people with exactions and was reclaimed home.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxix. 1040 Even when I was at the very point to skale the walls and force the cittie, the Consull reclaimed and called mee away, yea, and compelled me to levie the siege.

1697 J. Dryden Notes & Observ. in tr. Virgil Wks. 627 They were the Head-strong Horses, who hurried Octavius..along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Partridge is also said to reclaim her Young ones, when she calls them together upon their scattering too much.

a. transitive. To save (a person) from (also †of) vice, an undesirable state, course of action, etc.; (also) to bring back or restore (a person) to a better or more acceptable way of life or condition (now rare). Also in extended use.

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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform, amend, or correct [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person

raisec1175

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decriminalize1963

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. 54 (MED) Adam and Eve..comen bothe tuo Into the world and were aschamed, Til that nature hem hath reclamed To love.

1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1611) 362 Luther..did write maruellous vehemently and sharply against them, and reclaimed them home to peace and obedience.

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxv. 125 If the soule it selfe be reclaymed from follie.

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island i. xlviii. 13 Being one, soon into two he fram'd it; And now made two, to one again reclaim'd it [sc. the Isle of Man].

1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 516 A Man..may upon due Consideration..reclaim himself to a very pious and vertuous life.

1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. 38 In a little time this will Reclaim her of that Roaveing Kytish-trick.

1729 B. Franklin Busy-Body, No. 8 27 Mar. in Papers (1959) I. 138 Let honest Peter Buckrum, who has long without Success been a Searcher after hidden Money, reflect on this, and be reclaimed from that unaccountable Folly.

1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne vi. 165 A young man, who was reclaimed from a very dissolute course of life.

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 74 So was he reclaimed to a sense of his duty.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 624 Henrietta had reclaimed him from a life of vice.

1925 Scribner's Mag. Oct. 410/1 A large proportion of paroled prisoners have been reclaimed from their evil ways by this judicious system.

1942 K. Burton In no Strange Land 211 There was..great happiness in Mother Marianne's heart as she saw the lengthening line of boys and girls reclaimed to the great reality of their own faith.

1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Oct. 142/1 Here is Calvin, reclaimed—from substance abuse, from financial uncertainty—so strong now.

†b. transitive. To restrain, check, hold back; to prevent from doing something wrong or undesirable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)]

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to pull up1861

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withstrain1904

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 2368 (MED) Cuthbert wayued his hand on þaim [sc. crows] Fra ryuyng of thak þaim to reclaym.

a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 129 Auaunt, rybawde, thi tung reclame!

1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. viii. ix. 348 Then the Duke vsed to reclaime vs, saying ho, one to one.

1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. iii. 29 They would reclaime themselues, and their followers from committing any outrage against her Majesties Subjects.

1688 W. Smith Future World ii. 344 [That] doubt, should not on the other hand, reclaim them from doing the most unreasonable thing in the World.

1700 M. Prior Carmen Sæculare 12 Is her daring Flight reclaim'd By Seas, from Icarus's Downfal nam'd?

1714 Ladies Libr. II. 139 Children..are not to think Parents Cruel or Unnatural, because they have been constantly reproved for Evil Words or Practice, and strictly reclaim'd from doing any thing hurtful to themselves or others.

1796 N. Douglas Duty of Pastors 14 May we be kept or reclaimed from acting a part, that plainly implies an imputation so injurious.

c. transitive. To restore (a person) to a good spiritual or moral state, a way of life free from vice or undesirable behaviour; to reform. Also intransitive. Also in extended use. Now chiefly historical and archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform, amend, or correct [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person

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reduct1548

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decriminalize1963

a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice 579 in Poems (1981) 151 O man, recleme thi folich harte!

1542 M. Coverdale tr. H. Bullinger Golden Bk. Christen Matrimonye xviii. sig. lxxii Se that ye correcte them dewly & discretely for theyr faultes, so that they stand in great feare & awe of the, and if wordes wyl not reclayme them than take the rod or weapon of correccion discretely vsed.

?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 52 I am glad to heare this of you, that you are so reclaimed.

1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. G2^v As a yong man, I went a stray I grant, but..I reclaimed my selfe ere I fell.

1614 G. Meriton Christian Mans Assuring House 35 A young sinner is easily converted; but olde soakers are hardly reclaimed.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 791 They hard'nd more by what might most reclame,..at the sight Took envie.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 70 Like the Plagues of Ægypt, meant a Curse, Not to reclaim us, but to make us worse.

1743 S. Johnson Deb. Senate Lilliput in Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 580 We shall give those, who have accustomed themselves to this Liquor, Time to reclaim their Appetites.

a1784 H. Alline Hymns & Spiritual Songs (1802) 202 No more, O Jesus, let me stray,..Reclaim me with thine arm of love.

1819 T. B. Johnson Shooter's Compan. 85 [Young dogs] if they are suffered to acquire any bad habits..will be with great difficulty reclaimed.

1831 S. E. Ferrier Destiny I. vi. 49 Employing the industrious,..or reclaiming the wicked.

1859 N. W. Taylor Lect. Moral Governm. God I. 414 Will God then adopt such a system of means to reclaim and save, giving it every conceivable adaptation and tendency to such an end?

1903 A. C. Plowden Grain Or Chaff? xxxii. 320 Every effort is made in a Police Court to reclaim and reform, as well as to punish.

1908 E. F. Benson Climber 8 They go to all the church congresses and hospitals, and homes for forcing people to be reclaimed.

1927 Amer. Mercury July 339/2 His attitude is that of a loving wife attempting to reclaim a boozy spouse.

1976 L. L. Loewe & R. L. Henriques B. Henriques xv. 159 He accepted whole-heartedly the new teaching that in dealing with juvenile offenders society's paramount duty was to reclaim and reform.

1980 F. K. Prochaska Women & Philanthropy vi. 191 Reclaiming prostitutes was a daunting prospect for charitable women however tough-minded.

†d. transitive. To put right, correct, or remedy (an error, fault, vice, etc.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)]

helpc950

amendc1230

bootc1330

correctc1374

menda1375

recovera1398

dighta1400

restorea1400

redressa1402

recurec1425

remedyc1425

remeidc1480

emendc1485

richa1500

rightena1500

chastisea1513

rectifya1529

redeem1575

salve1575

remed1590

reclaim1593

renew1608

retrieve1625

recruit1673

raccommode1754

splice1803

doctor1829

remediate1837

right-side1847

sort1948

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation To Rdr. sig. **3 Order should repeale disorder; moderation restraine licentiousnesse;..consideration reclaime rashnesse.

a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) Pref. sig. B^v In deciding of doubts, and..in reclaiming vulgar errors.

a1632 T. Middleton & J. Webster Any Thing for Quiet Life (1662) v. l. 520 It was to reclaim faults in your self, the swift consumption of many large revenues, Gaiming, [etc.].

1682 M. Coppinger Poems, Songs & Love-verses 93 Reclaim thy Errour, see what thou hast done, Give Death his Arrows, and take thou thy own.

1704 Female Wits sig. A3^v That every fool his errors may reclaim.

1743 S. Johnson Deb. in Gentleman's Mag. Suppl. 678 The same Provisions by which the Vices of our own People are to be reclaimed.

1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. xxvi. 153 To abolish the superstition of men, reclaim their wickedness, and bring them back to the true spiritual worship of God.

1849 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) I. iii. 332 In these abuses, which we have a right to reclaim, will be found a mine of riches.

†e. intransitive with reflexive meaning. To improve oneself morally or spiritually; to mend one's ways, repent, reform. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform [verb (intransitive)]

risec1175

amenda1275

menda1400

reform1582

reclaim1625

to turn down a leaf1633

to take up1661

repair1748

mend1782

to go straight1888

to straighten up1891

1625 B. Spenser Vox Civitatis 2 I wish you to reclaime, repent, beleeue.

1687 J. Everard Winding-sheet Ep. Ded. sig. a 3^v We Mortals have above bruit Beasts the Resurrection of our Bodies; we have above Devils to repent, reclaim, and flie from sin.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. x. 47 If he was in earnest to reclaim.

1757 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances II. clxxxiii. 9 Few of such Creatures ever reclaim of themselves; but..die without Repentance.

1791 Useful Hints 13 Let him..seriously reflect by his encouragement of an unfortunate woman, after her first crime, it is not in the least probable she will reclaim and repent of it.

†3.

a. transitive. To subdue, reduce to obedience; esp. to tame or train (an animal). Frequently applied to a hawk (cf. sense 1a). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > make obedient

master?c1225

atame1340

tamec1384

reclaima1393

reducec1475

subduea1525

range1587

to bring ina1599

tawne1606

entamea1616

puppify1660

to bring to1747

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > tame or train

temec1000

tamec1315

faite1362

daunt1377

afaitea1393

reclaima1393

chastisec1400

makea1425

meekc1429

break1474

enter1490

train?1532

law1534

dressc1540

meeken1591

correct1594

subjugate1595

cicure1599

unwild1605

cicurate1606

mancipate1623

familiarize1634

domesticate1641

gentle1651

domesticize1656

civilize1721

educate1760

domiciliate1782

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. 2721 (MED) Love..hath so wise men reclamed.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 72 (MED) Morkar recleymed es [Fr. est reclamé], as es þe faukon fre.

1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. aiii The same night after the fedyng, wake her all nyght,..then shee will be preui Inowgh to be reclamed.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 681/1 He was the stoburnest boye that ever I sawe, but I have reclaymed hym.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 5 Though the Fawlcon be reclaimed to y^e fist she retyreth to hir haggardnes.

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 102 This course of reclaiming a horse by gentlenesse..I haue found much to auaile.

1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour ii. ii. sig. E Cami. I am still my selfe, and will be. Fulg. A proud haggard, And not to be reclaim'd.

1733 T. Stackhouse New Hist. Bible I. ii. i. 149/1 Such Creatures as are immorigerous, we have found out Expedients to reclaim.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. v. 100 You cannot shoe a horse..or reclaim a hawk.

1852 R. F. Burton Falconry in Valley of Indus vi. 71 Allowing a week or ten days for reclaiming the bird.

1898 Catholic World Mar. 818 As the haggard when reclaimed made the best falcon, so the spirited maiden when disciplined..made the most obedient wife.

b. transitive. To restrict the growth of (a wood or trees) to a manageable level. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > keep within bounds

reclaim1601

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. xxii. 531 By this means also the wood is reclaimed and repressed from running out in length beyond all measure.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 73 Much labour is requir'd in Trees, to tame Their wild disorder, and in ranks reclaim .

c. transitive. To civilize (a people considered wild or savage); to remove or save from a way of life considered as savage or uncivilized; (occasionally) to remove (a quality considered savage or uncivilized). Obsolete.In early use not always distinguishable from sense 2a.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > make civilized [verb (transitive)]

civil1584

civilize1595

reclaim1603

unbeast1611

dissavage1631

unbarbarize1648

unbrute1670

disbarbarize1803

unbrutify1812

debarbarize1823

snivelize1849

unbrutalize1852

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1266 Alexander having founded above threescore and ten cities among the barbarous nations, and sowen throughout all Asia, the mysteries, sacrifices, and ceremonies of Divine service which were used in Greece, reclaimed them from their savage and brutish life.

1669 W. Charleton Two Disc. 92 Primitive Sages laboured to reclaim savage and rude Multitudes and mollifie their iron Minds by mansuetude and other Virtues necessary to common safety and the maintenance of Right in Civil Societies.

1701 J. Dennis Advancem. & Reformation Mod. Poetry i. xiii. 93 Orpheus, the Sacred Interpreter of the Gods, deterr'd savage men from Murdering one another, and reclaim'd them from the Barbarous Brutal lives which they led.

1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 45 Savage rusticity is reclaimed by oral admonition alone.

1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. Pref. p. vi By religion they were reclaimed from savage life.

1856 J. L. Wilson West Afr. iv. vi. 509 It is..but the revival of that oft-refuted idea, that civilization must precede Christianity in reclaiming the heathen tribes of the earth.

1865 Reader 12 Aug. 180/1 A fair field,..with no aborigines to be protected or reclaimed.

†a. intransitive. To protest, object, disagree. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest or remonstrate [verb (intransitive)]

quarrelc1391

reclaimc1425

to make courtesy (at)1542

protest1550

recontest1611

objurgate1642

obtest1650

remonstrant1654

remonstrate1655

represent1717

protest1870

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 2647 Septer & crowne..I resigne..Þer schal no man reclayme & seye nay.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 425 Recleymyn, or wythe feyn [read seyn], reclamo.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Heb. xi. f. xx She gave no eare to nature reclaming and barking to the contrarie.

1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 680 All the Bishops..subscribed and allowed all that had bene saide,..and no man reclamed.

a1600 (a1463) J. Fortescue Wks. (1869) I. 500 Kinge Henry..was..crouned..by the hole assente and will of all that lande, no man reclaiminge.

1680 G. Mackenzie Observ. Laws & Customs of Nations ii. 19 The Scots did immediatly reclame, and did within much fewer years, than Prescription requires, restore themselves to their Liberty, under the Conduct of that Glorious Prince, King Robert the Bruce.

1719 D. Waterland Vindic. Christ's Divinity viii. 125 Scripture reclaims; and the whole Catholick Church reclaims; and Christian Ears would not bear it.

1733 J. Willison Church's Danger Pref. p. xv Parishes may be settled, and sometimes are, by a Majority of non-residing and disaffected Heritors, where the whole Elders and People do reclaim and protest against the Settlement.

a1859 T. De Quincey Wks. (1862) XII. 337 Doth Groot nod as before: No. Groot reclaims. This, saith he, is what I shall never allow of in that unlimited shape.

1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. viii. 107 We could reclaim,—..But no,—we'll take it as spontaneously Confessed.

†b. intransitive. With against (also at, to). To dispute, challenge, contest. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest against [verb (transitive)]

biremec1200

to cry against ——1382

to cry outc1385

reclaimc1449

reclaim1566

to exclaim at, on, upon1583

to exclaim against1594

to cry on ——1609

disentreat1611

tax1614

deprecatea1643

to make a noise about1668

protest1887

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 398 Y..am stille in not reclaymyng aȝens the trust neither aȝens the ȝifte.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 459 (MED) What euer gouernaunce was brouȝt into the chirche the Apostlis therto consenting, or at the leest..aȝens it not reclaymyng, is leeful.

1534 T. Cranmer Let. in J. Strype Mem. Cranmer (1694) App. 14 I think there is not one..that would once reclaim against it.

1566 J. Knox Serm. f. 36 ^v Began to call [it] in doubt..bicause that naturall iudgement..reclaymed thereto.

1604 W. Hubbock Oration Gratulatory 9 Every one acclaming to it, no man reclaiming at it.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 60 The whole Context in Dionysius reclaims against this Emendation.

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xiii. 164 In Northern countries, the very nature of the climate seems to reclaim against it.

1818 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 308 He wrote to reclaim against an expression of Mr. Wirt's.

1875 W. B. Ullathorne Gladstone's Expost. Unravelled 70 Against which act..we..loudly reclaim, in like manner as, on other occasions, we have protested against like attempts.

†c. transitive. With that-clause or direct speech as object. To declare or say in protest, contend. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest against [verb (transitive)] > say in remonstrance

reclaimc1449

remonstrate1620

protest1844

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 398 If y theraȝens reclame or proteste for me and hem, that y..wole be fre.

c1500 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 11 (MED) Thou erth, I reclayme & appele, That thou recewedst that gentill blod!

1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 5 All sense and reason and equity reclaimes that any Law or Cov'nant how solemn or strait soever, either between God and man, or man and man, though of God's joyning should bind against a prime and principall scope of its own influence.

1714 L. Eusden To Ld. Halifax in Steele Poet. Misc. 192 Where are the Flights, (true Criticks may reclaim) The Heat, the Force, and Fancy?

1848 W. H. Mill Five Serm. i. 26 Will not experience bitterly reclaim, that from this consideration..the gloomiest answer only can follow.

†d. transitive. To speak out or protest against; to reject, repudiate, oppose. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest against [verb (transitive)]

biremec1200

to cry against ——1382

to cry outc1385

reclaimc1449

reclaim1566

to exclaim at, on, upon1583

to exclaim against1594

to cry on ——1609

disentreat1611

tax1614

deprecatea1643

to make a noise about1668

protest1887

1566 in C. Stovel Canne's Necessitie of Separation (1849) Introd. p. xciv Your consciences reclaimeth not the wearing of such garments: but many thousand both godly and learned are otherwise persuaded.

1614 T. Lodge tr. Seneca De Beneficiis (1960) 78 Wherein then reposeth this man his trust, but in his conscience..which reclaimeth and gain-sayeth all that eloquence can vrge, or fauour detract.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. viii. 172 Herod..in stead of reclaiming what they exclaimed, imbraced and hug'd their praises as proper to himself.

a1731 J. Hughes Misc. in Verse & Prose (1737) 30 The Vulgar's Style She soberly reclaims, Which misapplys mistaken Names.

e. intransitive. Scots Law. To appeal. Now chiefly spec.: to appeal from the Outer to the Inner House of the Court of Session. Frequently with against.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > appeal or review > [verb (intransitive)] > appeal

beclepe1297

appeal1330

reclaim1575

1575 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1833) I. 123 That he may appe[re] and reclaime fra the said ordinance of the perticular kirk of Edinburgh.

1578–9 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. 1st Ser. III. 109 The said decreet..fra the quhilk the said Dame Grissell hes reclamit.

1666–88 G. Dallas Syst. Stiles (1697) 455 By the saids Acts, their is a Provision and Salvo for the Defender to Reclaim and make Application to the Lords in case of unjustice of the Judge.

1672 G. Mackenzie Pleadings x. 121 My Client has rais'd a Reduction of this Decreet, as injust, and reclaimes against it.

1709 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1740) I. 204 Act anent Interloquitors in the Outter-house, and Bills reclaiming against them.

1739 T. Makdougall Petition 18 If the Interlocutor reclaimed against stand, then the Law is to advance a Stride higher, and the Contract, which only limits the Fee of the Father, to prevent gratuitous Alienations, but not his onerous Deeds, is to cut off the Property of third Parties.

1752 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. II. iv. xxxvi. 676 Parties are presumed to acquiesce to the judgments of the ordinary, when they do not reclaim to the lords.

1868 Act 31 & 32 Victoria c. 100 §54 Such note shall not have the effect..of excusing obedience to or implement of the interlocutor reclaimed against.

1884 Law Times 76 333/1 The trustees have reclaimed against the recent interlocutor of Lord Fraser.

1946 A. D. Gibb Students' Gloss. Sc. Legal Terms 72 To reclaim is to appeal against a decision of an Outer House or Vacation judge.

1992 D. M. Walker Sc. Legal Syst. 274 Any party to a cause initiated in the Outer House who is dissatisfied with the interlocutor of the Lord Ordinary may, in general, reclaim against that interlocutor to the Inner House.

a. transitive. To make (wasteland, esp. land previously under water) fit for cultivation or habitation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)]

ina1387

reclaim1440

improve1523

win1531

mitigate1601

reform1607

stuba1650

regain1652

redeem1671

reduce1726

to bring to1814

to bring in1860

to break in1891

green1967

[implied in: Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 425 Recleymynge, of wyldenesse, redomitacio. (at reclaiming n.)].

1583 in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 234 If any lands or salt marsh are reclaimed from the sea.

1592 F. Bacon Observ. Libel in Resuscitatio (1661) 113 Wast, and unprofitable Ground Inned, Reclaimed, and Improved.

1738 D. Blindon tr. J. F. Melon Polit. Ess. Commerce Pref. p. xix To reclaim barren Lands, and make them profitable; is to conquer new Countries, without making any one Person miserable.

1764 Museum Rusticum 1 370 The plain reason, why potatoes are an excellent crop for reclaiming land.

1808 J. Walker Econ. Hist. Hebrides I. 162 There has..been more wild land in Scotland, reclaimed by means of lime, than by any other manure.

1860 Afr. Servitude 33 Her farming lands would , soon greatly increase in value—her waste and wild lands would be reclaimed—her half-cultivated fields be well tilled.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §5. 503 A great scheme was set on foot for reclaiming the Fens.

1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman p. xi Far beyond mere lovemaking into politics, high art, schemes for reclaiming new continents from the ocean.

1943 J. S. Huxley TVA vi. 30 Gullied and badly eroding land reclaimed in the Valley.

1993 BBC Wildlife June 12/3 Port and residential facilities to be created by reclaiming most of the mudflats.

b. transitive. To make reusable, to recycle; spec. to recycle (rubber) by removing impurities and restoring plasticity. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with rubber or plastic > work with rubber or plastic [verb (transitive)] > specific processes

friction1881

reclaim1890

undercure1916

plasticate1929

cream1938

masterbatch1971

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > re-use > make available for re-use

recirculate1716

reclaim1890

salvage1943

1890 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 12 20 Process of reclaiming rubber from waste rubber goods.

1898 India-Rubber & Gutta-Percha & Electr. Trades' Jrnl. 16 184/1 Prior to that time [sc.1870] the use of rubber reclaimed from fibrous wastes had been confined practically to one large factory in Boston and one near New York.

1937 H. Barron Mod. Rubber Chem. xxi. 254 Miller carried out four cycles of reclaiming starting from a reclaim. That is, he vulcanised, reclaimed, added sulphur, revulcanized, reclaimed, etc.

1937 Iron Age 5 Aug. 38/3 Many new parts of Monel rendered unserviceable as a result of being turned undersize or bored oversize in the process of manufacture are readily reclaimed by spraying.

1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio vi. 113 The tape is finally wiped and reclaimed.

1972 P. W. Allen Nat. Rubber & Synthetics v. 121 About 90 per cent of the world's supply of new rubbers is not reclaimed but ends up as unwanted waste products.

1991 Green Mag. Guide to Home 1 iv. 57 Of the 26 million tonnes of rubbish thrown away each year..less then two per cent is reclaimed, whilst 90 per cent is buried in landfill sites and the remainder incinerated.

6. transitive. To retract (a statement, accusation, etc.); to revoke (a sentence, etc.); spec. to renounce (religious vows). Also intransitive, with against, from. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > recant or retract

revoke1395

renayc1450

reclaima1475

faggot1538

recant1542

recry1568

to eat one's words1571

recall1585

unsay1585

retract1644

palinode1847

the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)]

fordoOE

allayOE

withdrawc1290

withclepe13..

again-callc1390

to call againc1390

repealc1390

revokec1400

unmakec1400

rive1415

annulc1425

abroge1427

uncommandc1430

discharge?a1439

retreatc1443

retract1501

cancela1513

abrogate?1520

dissolve1526

extinct1531

rescind1531

abrenounce1537

infringe1543

recall1565

unwrite1577

extinguish1590

exauctorate1593

relinquish1594

unact1594

to strike off1597

undecide1601

unpass1606

to take off1609

to draw back1610

reclaim1615

to put back1616

abrenunciate1618

unrip1622

supersedeate1641

to set off1642

unassure1643

unorder1648

to ask away1649

disdetermine1651

unbespeak1661

undecree1667

reassumea1675

off-break1702

circumduct1726

raise1837

resiliate1838

denounce1841

disorder1852

pull1937

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > recant or retract

to call againc1390

repealc1390

revokec1390

replyc1425

renounce1446

renayc1450

unsay1483

manswear1502

to let loose1530

to call back1533

recant1534

retract1538

unswear1591

unwish1591

swallow1597

to take back1599

retractate1600

reclaim1615

unspeak1615

recede1655

renege1679

unnotify1738

unpronounce1745

withdraw1793

palinode1892

a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1906) ii. 540 (MED) The forsaid henry Mylis, nother his heires..myght neuer clayme, chalange, take, reclayme..ony thyng of right..in the forsaid acre of lond.

1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes v. f. 196^v What if Heretike Do reclaime his heresie.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. iii. sig. Bb7^v Yet would he not perswaded be for ought, Ne from his currish will awhit reclame .

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (1620) 310 Why may they not as well reclayme again, as they did before?

1607 in J. Maidment Misc. Abbotsford Club (1837) 72 Reclaime my daithe, off lyiff prolong my daitt.

1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 89 Let vs reclaime our impudent and refractory renegations.

a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 129 If Henry VI...would..have reclaimed the Approbation..of Richard Duke of York.

1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 76 What I have said..I find no reason to reclaim.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Religious By the Council of Trent, a Religious may reclaim his Vows within five Years.

1797 tr. D. Diderot Nun 210 The politician..dreads that upon the success of one nun reclaiming against her vows, an infinite number of others might be induced to prosecute a similar measure.

1855 J. M. Bunkley Escaped Nun vi. 152 Upon the success of one nun reclaiming against her vows, an infinite number of others might be induced to prosecute a similar measure.

1923 N. Idman C. R. Maturin iv. 217 Alonzo, he learns, can reclaim his vows, if he declares them to have been extorted from him by fraud or terror.

2004 M. Choudhury Convents & Nuns Eighteenth-cent. French Polit. & Culture 107 In 1764 René Le Lièvre attempted to reclaim his vows at the Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève.

†7.

a. transitive. To call on or appeal to (a god, saint, etc.); to invoke. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > addressing or speaking to > speak to or address [verb (transitive)] > repeatedly

reclaim1481

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xii. 159 Thise thre bountees reclayme alle crysten men.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxxvi. f. xxxvii/1 The name of god was reclamed and named in al townes and cytees.

?1503–5 H. Watson tr. Valentine & Orson (1937) 50. 38 He reclaymed bothe god and our lady mekely to kepe him from death.

1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle sig. Div He began for to reclayme our lorde in praynge..that he wolde haue pyte on his creature.

a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. (1587) 461 In these our anguishes O Lord, we sobbed unto thee, we cried for thy help, & we reclamed thy name, as thy troubled flocke persecuted for thy truthes sake.

b. transitive. To proclaim or state. With infinitive and complement or complement alone. Also intransitive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > announce or proclaim [verb (transitive)]

kithec725

i-bedea800

abedeeOE

bid971

deemOE

bodea1000

tellOE

clepec1275

to tell outa1382

denouncec1384

publishc1384

descryc1390

pronouncec1390

proclaima1393

sound1412

proclaim?a1425

renouncea1425

announcec1429

preconize?1440

announce1483

reclaim?1503

call1523

to speak forth1526

annunciate1533

protest1533

to breathe out1535

denouncec1540

enact1611

deblazon1621

deblaze1640

advise1647

apostolize1652

indigitatea1670

enounce1807

voice1850

norate1851

enunciate1864

post1961

?1503–5 H. Watson tr. Valentine & Orson (1937) 156. 16 The tyme that I maye knowe by some euydente sygne of the fayre Feȝonne that reclamed me soo muche her dere louer yf she haue chaunged her courage.

1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (1517) sig. Miiii^v If that I am beloued of dyuerse persones y^e whiche reclaymeth me good and vertuous.

1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. b viii He [sc. Erasmus] hath geven soche a laudacion Unto the ydols of abhominacion... That yf he shulde wother wyse reclame Men wolde impute vnto his blame Of vnstable inconstancy the cryme.

1566 J. Knox Serm. f. 40 Stil to reclayme him to be our God..is the greatest victorie of faith.

1704 J. Dennis Liberty Asserted Epil. To reclaim such our Author had me say He wrote this English.

c. transitive. To repeat (a sound). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)]

doublec1380

naitc1400

reportc1405

repeat1427

renewa1464

iterate1533

resume1535

to run over ——1538

redouble1580

to go over ——1583

re-say1583

reclaim1590

ingeminate1594

reword1604

reassume1631

reutter1632

oversay1639

to fetch over1642

reassert1647

1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 23 Melt to tears, poure out thy plaints, let Eccho reclame them.

d. intransitive. To exclaim, to call or cry out loudly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > cry or exclaim [verb (intransitive)]

remeeOE

ropeOE

gredec1000

epec1175

yeiec1175

ascry1352

to cry out1382

to lift (up) a cry, one's voice1382

cryc1384

outcryc1390

yawlc1400

openc1425

bursta1450

yelp?c1450

escry1483

assurd1523

to break forth1526

gaure1530

to call out?1532

exclaim1570

reclaim1611

voice1627

blathe1640

to set up one's pipes1671

bawze1677

sing1813

Great-Scott1902

yip1907

1611 A. Willet Hexapla: Rom. ix. 410 Moses..doth not onely crie vnto God, but he reclaymeth and crieth as it were against his mind.

a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) v. i. 297 The voice flying into aire, I call'd a long time to intreat it to instruct me... But I re-claim'd in vain.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Homer 1st Bk. Ilias in Fables 200 One whisper'd soft, and one aloud reclaim'd.

a1794 W. Jones Poet. Wks. (1810) II. 13 Bold I reclaim: but ah! sweet maid, Bereft of thy propitious aid, My voice is tuneless.

†8. transitive. To make a claim against (a person), to sue. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 157 Thai quite clamand him jn tyme to cum, to nocht reclame him of thai gudis.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 86 Quhethir..he may lefully recouer apon him be were his thing, gif he may reclame him jn jugement.

a. transitive. To claim again; to demand the restoration or return of, esp. by legal means; to reassert a legal right to; spec. to claim back (overpaid tax, money, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take again or back > take back

resume1404

to take again1474

revoke1526

reclaim1530

to fetch again1535

to take back1568

reducec1595

reassume1609

revicta1656

reassert1704

pull1985

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > claim > claim the restoration of

reclaim1530

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > demand > restitution

reclaim1530

redemand1544

repeat1582

remand1596

1530 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 91 Hys M^r..desyred to have hym reclaymed of the Maire.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Ee5 So shall the Briton blood their crowne agayn reclame.

1600 St. Papers, Domest. 447 The Archduke, having reclaimed his mutinied Spaniards..left the Infanta at Ghent.

c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1922) II. 232 The awnaris..may reclame the saidis twa thriddis allanerlie.

1701 London Gaz. No. 3758/7 Captain Arena,..being reclaimed by the Imperial Ambassador, was set at Liberty.

1761 J. Freinsheim tr. Livy Rom. Hist. VIII. xliii. ii. 273 L. Canuleius, to whose lot Spain had fallen, was ordered to appoint five commissioners of senatorial rank for every person of whom the Spaniards could reclaim money that had been taken from them.

1795 Montford Castle II. x. 136 My first business will be to reclaim the money he had of me, to the last penny; and, if he does not pay it, I will see if the law will not enable me to sell his castle.

1834 F. Marryat Pacha I. iii. 71 To make a note of any particular marks upon the children, by which they might be eventually reclaimed.

1845 Pennsylvania Law Jrnl. (1846) 5 140 The provisions of this section were intended to be commensurate with the plaintiff's right to reclaim the costs paid on appeal.

1872 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Sept. 249 In vain he reclaimed for Paris, in the face of Versailles, the right of municipal self-government.

1914 W. E. Snelling Income Tax & Super-tax Pract. 194 Because he has made no profit he may reclaim tax paid on this £90.

1986 D. Hogan New Shirt xi. 104 He was heir to a mansion in Yugoslavia..and if it was still there after the war he'd reclaim it.

2006 Independent 17 May 12/1 Patients facing long waits who were prepared to go abroad and later reclaim the cost.

b. transitive. To win back (a person's favour, love, allegiance, etc.); to win over (a person) again.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > win over > again

reclaim1587

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 35 No loue deuise, no iewels fet from farre, Could so reclaime this noble Ladies minde.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 11 Fit also to reclaime them to know him for their King, whom they had so lately talked of as an Enimie.

1682 J. Beale Let. 26 June in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) V. 302 Dr Spratt..hath said enough to reclaime the Scoffers, if they had bin Reasonable Animalls.

1706 Ladies Diary in C. Hutton Diarian Misc. IV. (1775) 2 He was resolved seeing he could not reclaim his old mistress, to marry another and be revenged on her.

1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad vii. 196 Jealous of her lord, A robe she kept with latent poisons stor'd..bequeath'd her, to reclaim The hero's love, and light his dying flame.

1839 J. A. Hillhouse Demetria iv. iii, in Dramas, Discourses, & Other Pieces 62 What! Degrade myself to that?—Sue for his pity?—Seek to reclaim a fickle lover?—Never!

1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxi. 120 Once alienated, [I doubt] whether he were ever to be reclaimed.

1899 K. H. Bradley & E. E. Cooper Anna Ruina ii. 40 The noble lady..who loves him, And who has travelled in great jeopardy To Rome for leave but to reclaim his love.

1911 M. Roby My Adventures in Congo xviii. 309 It is not too late to reclaim the friendship of our South-Eastern neighbours.

1948 J. C. Miller Triumph of Freedom 1775–83 xxviii. 596 The loyalty of the people would be put to the final test which would determine whether Great Britain could reclaim the allegiance of Americans anywhere in the revolted colonies.

1981 C. L. Nahal Crown & Loincloth i. ii. 63 He had only to come out with the proper gesture to reclaim her—if he wanted to reclaim her.

c. transitive. To get or take back (something previously lost, dropped, etc.); to retrieve, recover. Also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 189 Reclaiming the Bar,..he threw it to a Length..judged to exceed my Cast.

1784 A. Ellicott Diary 24 Nov. in C. V. Mathews Andrew Ellicott (1908) i. 27 The Hussey immediately Reniged and reclaimed the Bed.

1849 J. I. Helm Mem. M. T. Sharp 195 Her Saviour smiles upon her, She is kneeling at his throne; He who gave her hath reclaimed her.

1872 Preacher's Lantern 2 511 As soon as the mother saw she had escaped the danger, she reclaimed her child.

1875 R. D. Blackmore Alice Lorraine III. vi. 94 This cold resistless flood calmly reclaimed its ancient channel.

1969 M. H. Wolf Vermont is always with You 44 When we reclaimed our sow from her visit to a nearby farm, the farmer had told us the expected date of her accouchement.

1989 Philharmonic Orchestra of Florida Yearbk. 39/1 The melody passes briefly to the woodwinds, but the solo instrument reclaims it until a series of rising scales leads to a new section.

2007 Sunday Times (Nexis) 18 Nov. (Sport section) 2 Hunt dismissed Eardley's brush-off, ran around him, reclaimed the ball and then at the last moment miscontrolled it.

d. transitive. To reassert a relationship or connection with, or a moral right to; (now frequently) to re-evaluate or reinterpret (a term, concept, etc., esp. one relating to one's own demographic group) in a more positive or suitable way; to reappropriate.

ΚΠ

a1797 W. Mason Religio Clerici i, in Wks. (1811) I. 432 Nor will I use it [sc. the word ‘Trinity’] from its adjunct free, But join it evermore with Unity; Reclaim the term, he and his tribe have stole.

1894 J. Seth Study of Ethical Princ. i. ii. 216 We might have called it by Aristotle's name of Happiness, and thus reclaimed the word from the exclusive possession of the Hedonists.

1928 Times 9 July 23/4 Specialization was growing and was necessary to reclaim history from the domain of the pamphleteer and the partisan.

1962 F. Kermode Puzzles & Epiphanies 25 It seemed necessary..for poets to reclaim their heritage from music.

1987 Internat. Rev. Educ. 33 422 Rather than reject feminism simply as white ideology black women should redefine and reclaim the term.

1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of Vanities (1988) ii. 39 Concrete benches had been placed in the park in 1971 in the campaign to ‘revitalize Franz Sigel Park and reclaim it for the community’.

2001 Guardian 29 Dec. (Saturday section) 10/3 Their ‘re-appropriation of queerness’; to turn an insult back into a badge of pride, to reclaim the despised and overlooked as a source of inspiration.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	reclaim
释义	reclaimn.¹ Brit. /rᵻˈkleɪm/, /ˌriːˈkleɪm/, /ˈriːkleɪm/, U.S. /rəˈkleɪm/, /riˈkleɪm/, /ˈriˌkleɪm/ Forms: Middle English reclaym, Middle English recleyme, Middle English 1600s– reclaim, Middle English–1500s reclayme, Middle English–1600s reclaime, late Middle English racleyme (northern), late Middle English reclame, late Middle English recleme; also Scottish pre-1700 reclame. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French reclaim. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman recleim, recleime, Anglo-Norman and Middle French reclaim (French réclame ) call, invocation (12th cent. in Old French), cry to call back a hawk, action of recalling a hawk (12th cent.), repute, reputation (13th cent.), (in law) claiming back (13th cent.), challenge, contradictory claim (14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman) < reclaimer , reclamer reclaim v. Compare post-classical Latin reclamium claim, counterclaim (c1255, 1267, 1276 in British sources), Old Occitan reclam (13th cent.), Catalan reclam (14th cent.), Spanish reclamo (13th cent.), Portuguese reclamo (16th cent.), Italian reclamo (17th cent.). Compare reclaim v., and also réclame n., re-claim n.², reclamation n., reclaiming n.On the pronunciation history compare discussion at reclaim v. Compare also re-claim n.² †1. a. Falconry. The recalling of a hawk. Only in to come to (the) reclaim: (of a hawk) to return when called back. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [noun] > hawking procedures casting1388 to come to reclaima1398 rebukingc1400 plumage?a1450 enseamingc1575 imping1575 mewing1575 weathering1575 manning1580 lure1614 carry1618 coping1855 seeling1859 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 143 By moche mete sche wexiþ fat and..slowe and dedeyneþ nouȝt to come to reclayme. a1475 Dis. Hawk (Harl. 2340) f. 25^v, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Reclaim(e Take hir on þi fyst And lat hir cum to reclayme. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. bii And or she come to the reclame make her that she sowre not. 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum f. 178 For by too much meate she waxeth fat, and..slowe, and disdayneth to come to reclaime. b. figurative. The recalling or bringing back of a person. Obsolete (archaic and rare in later use). ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > summons or summoning > summoning back again-calling1417 revocation?a1439 reclaima1450 revoke1498 reappeal1550 recall1586 remand1601 recallment1650 a1450 York Plays (1885) 309 (MED) Whanne he comys to racleyme, þan may ȝe cuse hym. c1475 (?a1449) in Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1934) ii. 834 (MED) Defye false fortune, And al recleymes of hyr double luyne. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. x. sig. Mm3 The louing couple..leasure had..to frame Their purpost flight, free from all mens reclame. 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman Contents sig. A2^v Motives to Hospitality with a reclaime of our Gentry from the Court to their Countrey. 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. x. 293 Beware thou come to reclaim, wench, else I will wring thy head off one of these days. c. The revoking of an edict. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > illegality > [noun] > legal invalidity or faultiness > annulment or abrogation reversing?a1425 repealing1431 abatementc1436 cancellingc1440 annullation1449 defeasance1456 voidance1488 reversal1489 reduction1496 repeal1503 extinguishment1528 disannulling1533 abrogation1535 obrogation1535 unplacing1554 nullity1555 reversement1572 reclaim1604 disaffirmancea1626 avoidance1628 rescinding1638 cassating1647 vacating1648 voiding1649 defease1650 annulment1651 unlawing1651 defeat1657 vacuating1684 peremption1726 invalidation1771 rescindment1783 supersession1790 disaffirmation1827 disenactment1859 discharge1892 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. §4. 234 Ester..procured the death of Hamman, and the reclaime of that bloody edict. 2. The action, fact, or process of reclaiming or saving a person from a state of vice, an immoral way of life, etc.; the state of being so reclaimed; reformation, redemption (now rare). Now chiefly in weakened sense: restoration of a previous state; improvement. Frequently in beyond (also past) reclaim.In early examples perhaps an extended use of sense 1a. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [noun] chastyinga1300 amendmentc1300 risingc1350 castigationc1397 reclaima1400 reformation1425 emendationc1540 emendingc1542 recovery1542 reparence1556 emendment1569 reduction1610 reclamation1629 reclaimer1650 reform1738 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1578 (MED) Was nan þam moght bring to reclaim. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. lxix^v He..buylded newe the cytie & Castell of Beau Maryse, and broughte the vnsteadfast Walshmen to newe reclayme. 1582 in Bible (Rheims) Pref. 11 For the better preseruation or reclaime of many good souls endangered thereby. a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 103 Let him examine his own conscience, and Impartially sift all the manner of his reclaim. 1682 E. Ravenscroft London Cuckolds iii. i. 26 To stay longer to give you good Counsell would be loss of time, for I perceive you are past reclaim. 1736 A. S. Catcott Supreme & Inferiour Elahim 30 The heathen nations were abominably wicked, cruel, past reclaim, and therefore not fit to live on the earth. 1783 tr. Virgil Aeneid iv. 11 in New Transl. Virgil's Eclogues If he to honour Deaf, beyond reclaim, Hear not the Call—why, from his promis'd Fame, His Son withheld? 1806 in T. P. Bunting Life Jabez Bunting (1859) 252 The reclaim of three notorious sinners in this circuit; one under the ministry of Mr. and Mrs. Wilshaw. 1844 Rep. Executive Comm. Amer. Temperance Union 27 in Bioletti Pamph. Coll. on Temperance II. The reclaim of the drunkard is of greatest moment to him. 1891 J. Aitchison Signa Christi vi. 225 [Christ is] the real Originator of societies for reclaim of the fallen. 1921 R. Graves in Lit. Digest 8 Oct. 38/3 Richard Roe wished himself Job the prophet, Sunk past reclaim in stinking rags and shame. 1995 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 5 Mar. 48 The character Nell is wildly different, a freak of nature apparently damaged beyond reclaim, afflicted by a uniquely isolated upbringing. 2007 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 7 May a7 [It] is not a tacit admission that neither he nor anybody else in the Bush administration is capable of assuming responsibility, and that the situation there [sc. in Iraq] is beyond reclaim. †3. A challenge or protest. Obsolete.In quot. 1440: a laying claim to something, thus challenging someone else's right. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [noun] > a protest gaincalla1300 reclaim1440 remonstrance?1566 counterblast1567 testimony1582 deprecation1626 protestation1638 regret1642 protest1644 representation1659 crusade1786 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 425 Recleyme, or chalange, clameum, vendicacio. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 386 He him silf mai it lette bi the reclaime..which he mai make. c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 144 (MED) He makiþ no reclaym bi outward or inward deede of wil in þe tyme of þe couenaunt makyng. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xii. 70 Þe Sabinis complanit þat þare rebellis..war þare Intertenyit but ony reclame or punycioun eftir following. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 26166 The eistmest part of Britane..Saxonis sal haue..Without reclame [of] ony Brit agane. 1582 in H. Paton Rep. Laing MSS (1914) I. 33 We all sall abyde at thair delyverance without reclame. 1711 in B. D. Hicks Rec. N. & S. Hempstead, Long Island (1897) II. 426 To have and to hold all and singular the said lottment of land..without any manner of Reclaim Challenge or Contradiction. 1774 tr. Charter in T. West Antiq. Furness 30 Gilbert and Helwise..granted and quit-claimed to the said monks and monastery of Furness..whatever privilege the said Gilbert and Helwise had in that part of the fells,..absolutely and quietly, without reclaim by them or their heirs. 4. The claiming back of something; esp. by asserting a legal right; spec. (in later use) the claiming back of tax, money, etc., that is owing; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > claiming as due or right > for return of something reclaim1560 reclamationc1626 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxvij^v Fridericke maketh reclaime to hys landes. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Judges xi. 26 Wherfore haue you so long attempted nothing for reclaime? 1662 A. Wright Pract. Comm. or Expos. Pentateuch 200 When men began wickedly to alienate the same [sc. tithes], and usurp upon his sacred Right, then his re-claim and re-seizure thereof condemns the usurpers of down-right theft. 1827 Bengal Almanac 50 Export numbers given, either for Drawback, or for reclaim of Deposit on Sugar &c. should be examined. 1828 P. Hoare Mem. Granville Sharp Index p. lxiii/2 Portland, Duke of, resists a reclaim of lands granted to his ancestors. 1884 J. H. Ferguson Man. Internat. Law I. §218 The reclaim of the goods becomes void, when they have been bonâ fide bought by a third party. 1928 Times 14 Sept. 8/5 I usually send in my form for reclaim of income-tax and soon receive a card stating that my communication shall receive ‘early attention’. 1977 Mod. Law Rev. 40 123 On reclaim by a parent of a child in voluntary care, ‘the local authority must hand the child over to the parent’. 1999 R. A. Anderson et al. Business Law & Legal Environm. (ed. 17) xxxv. 667 The subjecting buyers to a creditor's reclaim of goods would cause great delay. 5. The reclaiming of land; = reclamation n. 6a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] amendment1483 improvement1549 improvinga1563 recoverya1632 mendment1644 cultivation1791 reclaim1799 reclamation1810 intaking1812 redemption1812 clearing1821 reclaimment1852 land reclamation1881 breaking-in1891 greening1955 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 421 While the country underwent the work of reclaim. 1811 J. E. Stock Mem. T. Beddoes 226 Who..grudges pains and perseverance when the question is the reclaim of a piece of land from the waste? 1840 Acts Tennessee 1839–40 35 (note) Reclaim of land. 1935 H. J. Greenwall Round World for News xvi. 217 People in high places with whom I talked in Rome do not pretend..that the reclaim of marshland does anything but scratch the surface of the vast problem of the Italian surplus population. 1990 Cultural Anthropol. 5 283 The strategic reclaim of the Dutch polders in the 17th century. 6. = reclaimed rubber at reclaimed adj. 2b; (also as a count noun) a type or batch of this. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > rubber materials > [noun] > reclaimed recovered rubber1881 reclaimed rubber1883 shoddy1892 reclaim1922 1922 Times 4 July p. xiv/3 When crude rubber began to drop in price, reclaimed rubber was pushed out. Soon, however, it was found that a certain amount of reclaim was necessary to secure the best results. 1954 H. J. Stern Rubber vi. 200 Small differences in temperature from one part of the rubber to the other greatly affect the uniformity of the reclaims. 1971 R. Singleton in C. M. Blow Rubber Technol. & Manuf. vi. 207 First-quality reclaim made from whole tyres contains about 45% rubber hydrocarbon by weight. The remaining 55% consists of valuable carbon black, a little mineral filler, and softeners. 2007 Rubber World (Nexis) 1 Sept. 69 If a reclaim is used in a compound, it is possible and/or necessary to optimize the total compound recipe. 7. Chiefly British. Short for baggage reclaim n. at baggage n. and adj. Additions. Chiefly attributive, as reclaim area, reclaim hall, etc. ΚΠ 1969 Aeronaut. Jrnl. 73 489/2 The airside face of the building, where the bags will be unloaded and despatched to the reclaim area. 1980 Times 9 Oct. 18/7 The position does prevent the entrances to the reclaim hall becoming congested with trolleys. 2007 A. Kazda & R. E. Caves Airport Design & Operation xii. 263 The baggage claim hall needs to be close to the airside road system for ease of transferring bags from the carts to the reclaim belt. 2008 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 29 Mar. 24 (heading) How they brought the luggage from check-in to reclaim at Heathrow's Terminal Five. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reclaimv. Brit. /rᵻˈkleɪm/, /ˌriːˈkleɪm/, U.S. /rəˈkleɪm/, /riˈkleɪm/ Forms: Middle English reclaym, Middle English recleme, Middle English recleyme, Middle English–1600s reclaime, Middle English–1600s reclame, Middle English–1600s reclayme, 1500s– reclaim; Scottish pre-1700 reclaiȝme, pre-1700 reclaime, pre-1700 reclame, pre-1700 reclayme, pre-1700 recleame, pre-1700 recleme, pre-1700 1700s– reclaim. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French reclaim-, recleimer, reclamer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman recleimer, Anglo-Norman and Middle French reclamer (stressed stem reclaim-; French réclamer ) to call on, invoke, call for, call back (someone), to call back (a falcon) (12th cent. in Old French), to claim back, claim again (13th cent.), to oppose, challenge (14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), (intransitive) to oppose (end of the 14th cent., with de ) < classical Latin reclāmāre to call out in response, (of places) to shout back, to cry out in protest, object loudly, to appeal, in post-classical Latin also to claim, claim back (10th cent.; from 11th cent. in British sources), to lay claim to (11th cent.) < re- re- prefix + clāmāre claim v. Compare Old Occitan reclamar (12th cent.), Catalan reclamar (14th cent.), Spanish reclamar (13th cent.), Portuguese reclamar (15th cent.), Italian reclamare (1513).In later use frequently reanalysed as a formation < re- prefix + claim v., hence with pronunciation Brit. /ˌriːˈkleɪm/, U.S. /riˈkleɪm/ (compare discussion at re- prefix). Compare reclaim n.¹, re-claim n.² 1. a. transitive. Falconry. To call or bring back (a hawk that has been released). Also figurative and in figurative context.In earlier use not always clearly distinguishable from sense 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [verb (transitive)] > recall hawk lurec1386 reclaima1393 rebatea1475 rappel1575 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 4724 (MED) He faileth of his game That wol with ydel hand reclame His hauk. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3530 (MED) For hauk es eth, als i here say, To reclaym [Trin. Cambr. recleyme] þat has tint his pray. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 72 He wole..Reclayme thee and brynge thee to lure. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. 2166 (MED) Fortune koude recleyme hem to hir lure. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 126 The kyng..came into this gardyne for to reclayme a sperhawke of his. a1500 tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Cambr.) 634 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 103 (MED) Þaire bysy hertes passen to and fro, Þai be so wele reclaymed to the lure. a1500 Who Carpys (Trin. Cambr. O.9.38) in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 27 (MED) Y reclaymyd on, as y schall reporte. 1585 R. Greene Mamillia 21 What calleth the byrde, but the scrappe? what reclaimeth the hawke, but the lure? 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. xliii. 872 To reclaime and bring them to the lure. 1603 N. Breton Dialogue Pithe & Pleasure sig. C4^v Who reclaimes the Hawke to the lure, but the expert Faulconer? 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Reclaiming The Sparrow-Hawk, Gosse-Hawk, &c. are reclaimed with the Voice: The Falcon only by shaking the Lure. 1840 Brit. Birds 23 A long silken thread, called a creance, was attached to the bewits, by means of which she could soar as high as was necessary, and be again reclaimed. 1944 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 2 254/1 The falconer then reclaimed his falcon by the use of the lure before she had time to gorge on her quarry. 1963 Times 5 Oct. 11/3 The falconer's lure, baited with tit-bits of meat, for reclaiming hawks. 1998 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 24 Sept. 11 Her ankles carried only the thin ‘jesses’, narrow leather strips that the falconer uses to reclaim a bird to the fist. †b. transitive. To recall or call back (a person or animal). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon > back again-callc1390 revokec1425 rescrya1450 countermand1464 renvoy1477 reappeal1480 repeala1500 remand1525 recall1567 reclaim1590 return1590 speed1606 to call back1611 hark back1813 withcall1901 1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 8 Knowing yong wits were wandring, he beganne to reclaime him thus. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xii. sig. Y4 Willed him for to reclayme with speed His scattred people, ere they all were slaine. View more context for this quotation 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. i. 208 When..he oppressed the people with exactions and was reclaimed home. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxix. 1040 Even when I was at the very point to skale the walls and force the cittie, the Consull reclaimed and called mee away, yea, and compelled me to levie the siege. 1697 J. Dryden Notes & Observ. in tr. Virgil Wks. 627 They were the Head-strong Horses, who hurried Octavius..along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Partridge is also said to reclaim her Young ones, when she calls them together upon their scattering too much. 2. a. transitive. To save (a person) from (also †of) vice, an undesirable state, course of action, etc.; (also) to bring back or restore (a person) to a better or more acceptable way of life or condition (now rare). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform, amend, or correct [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person raisec1175 chastya1240 amenda1275 chastisec1330 reara1382 revokec1384 redressc1390 reclaima1393 reducec1425 reform1477 reclaim?a1505 emendc1542 claim1546 reduct1548 save1857 decriminalize1963 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. 54 (MED) Adam and Eve..comen bothe tuo Into the world and were aschamed, Til that nature hem hath reclamed To love. 1565 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (1611) 362 Luther..did write maruellous vehemently and sharply against them, and reclaimed them home to peace and obedience. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxv. 125 If the soule it selfe be reclaymed from follie. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island i. xlviii. 13 Being one, soon into two he fram'd it; And now made two, to one again reclaim'd it [sc. the Isle of Man]. 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 516 A Man..may upon due Consideration..reclaim himself to a very pious and vertuous life. 1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. 38 In a little time this will Reclaim her of that Roaveing Kytish-trick. 1729 B. Franklin Busy-Body, No. 8 27 Mar. in Papers (1959) I. 138 Let honest Peter Buckrum, who has long without Success been a Searcher after hidden Money, reflect on this, and be reclaimed from that unaccountable Folly. 1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne vi. 165 A young man, who was reclaimed from a very dissolute course of life. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 74 So was he reclaimed to a sense of his duty. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 624 Henrietta had reclaimed him from a life of vice. 1925 Scribner's Mag. Oct. 410/1 A large proportion of paroled prisoners have been reclaimed from their evil ways by this judicious system. 1942 K. Burton In no Strange Land 211 There was..great happiness in Mother Marianne's heart as she saw the lengthening line of boys and girls reclaimed to the great reality of their own faith. 1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Oct. 142/1 Here is Calvin, reclaimed—from substance abuse, from financial uncertainty—so strong now. †b. transitive. To restrain, check, hold back; to prevent from doing something wrong or undesirable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)] pindeOE steerc950 hold971 forbidc1000 withstewc1175 withholdc1200 stewa1225 crempa1250 bistintc1300 i-stillc1315 withdraw1340 entemperc1380 rebukec1380 forfenda1382 refraina1382 refrainc1390 restraina1393 restayc1400 retainc1415 to hold abackc1440 overholda1450 reclaim?c1450 revokec1450 bedwynge1480 sniba1500 repressa1525 rein1531 inhibit1535 to keep back1535 cohibit1544 reprimec1550 lithe1552 to rein up1574 check1581 embridle1583 to rein in1593 retrench1594 refrenate1599 to hold back1600 snip1601 becheck1605 sneap1611 trasha1616 supersede1645 reprimand1689 snape1691 to clap a guy on1814 to pull up1861 to pull in1893 withstrain1904 ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 2368 (MED) Cuthbert wayued his hand on þaim [sc. crows] Fra ryuyng of thak þaim to reclaym. a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 129 Auaunt, rybawde, thi tung reclame! 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. viii. ix. 348 Then the Duke vsed to reclaime vs, saying ho, one to one. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. iii. 29 They would reclaime themselues, and their followers from committing any outrage against her Majesties Subjects. 1688 W. Smith Future World ii. 344 [That] doubt, should not on the other hand, reclaim them from doing the most unreasonable thing in the World. 1700 M. Prior Carmen Sæculare 12 Is her daring Flight reclaim'd By Seas, from Icarus's Downfal nam'd? 1714 Ladies Libr. II. 139 Children..are not to think Parents Cruel or Unnatural, because they have been constantly reproved for Evil Words or Practice, and strictly reclaim'd from doing any thing hurtful to themselves or others. 1796 N. Douglas Duty of Pastors 14 May we be kept or reclaimed from acting a part, that plainly implies an imputation so injurious. c. transitive. To restore (a person) to a good spiritual or moral state, a way of life free from vice or undesirable behaviour; to reform. Also intransitive. Also in extended use. Now chiefly historical and archaic. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform, amend, or correct [verb (transitive)] > specifically a person raisec1175 chastya1240 amenda1275 chastisec1330 reara1382 revokec1384 redressc1390 reclaima1393 reducec1425 reform1477 reclaim?a1505 emendc1542 claim1546 reduct1548 save1857 decriminalize1963 a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice 579 in Poems (1981) 151 O man, recleme thi folich harte! 1542 M. Coverdale tr. H. Bullinger Golden Bk. Christen Matrimonye xviii. sig. lxxii Se that ye correcte them dewly & discretely for theyr faultes, so that they stand in great feare & awe of the, and if wordes wyl not reclayme them than take the rod or weapon of correccion discretely vsed. ?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 52 I am glad to heare this of you, that you are so reclaimed. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. G2^v As a yong man, I went a stray I grant, but..I reclaimed my selfe ere I fell. 1614 G. Meriton Christian Mans Assuring House 35 A young sinner is easily converted; but olde soakers are hardly reclaimed. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 791 They hard'nd more by what might most reclame,..at the sight Took envie. View more context for this quotation a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 70 Like the Plagues of Ægypt, meant a Curse, Not to reclaim us, but to make us worse. 1743 S. Johnson Deb. Senate Lilliput in Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 580 We shall give those, who have accustomed themselves to this Liquor, Time to reclaim their Appetites. a1784 H. Alline Hymns & Spiritual Songs (1802) 202 No more, O Jesus, let me stray,..Reclaim me with thine arm of love. 1819 T. B. Johnson Shooter's Compan. 85 [Young dogs] if they are suffered to acquire any bad habits..will be with great difficulty reclaimed. 1831 S. E. Ferrier Destiny I. vi. 49 Employing the industrious,..or reclaiming the wicked. 1859 N. W. Taylor Lect. Moral Governm. God I. 414 Will God then adopt such a system of means to reclaim and save, giving it every conceivable adaptation and tendency to such an end? 1903 A. C. Plowden Grain Or Chaff? xxxii. 320 Every effort is made in a Police Court to reclaim and reform, as well as to punish. 1908 E. F. Benson Climber 8 They go to all the church congresses and hospitals, and homes for forcing people to be reclaimed. 1927 Amer. Mercury July 339/2 His attitude is that of a loving wife attempting to reclaim a boozy spouse. 1976 L. L. Loewe & R. L. Henriques B. Henriques xv. 159 He accepted whole-heartedly the new teaching that in dealing with juvenile offenders society's paramount duty was to reclaim and reform. 1980 F. K. Prochaska Women & Philanthropy vi. 191 Reclaiming prostitutes was a daunting prospect for charitable women however tough-minded. †d. transitive. To put right, correct, or remedy (an error, fault, vice, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)] helpc950 amendc1230 bootc1330 correctc1374 menda1375 recovera1398 dighta1400 restorea1400 redressa1402 recurec1425 remedyc1425 remeidc1480 emendc1485 richa1500 rightena1500 chastisea1513 rectifya1529 redeem1575 salve1575 remed1590 reclaim1593 renew1608 retrieve1625 recruit1673 raccommode1754 splice1803 doctor1829 remediate1837 right-side1847 sort1948 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation To Rdr. sig. *3 Order should repeale disorder; moderation restraine licentiousnesse;..consideration reclaime rashnesse. a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes* (1630) Pref. sig. B^v In deciding of doubts, and..in reclaiming vulgar errors. a1632 T. Middleton & J. Webster Any Thing for Quiet Life (1662) v. l. 520 It was to reclaim faults in your self, the swift consumption of many large revenues, Gaiming, [etc.]. 1682 M. Coppinger Poems, Songs & Love-verses 93 Reclaim thy Errour, see what thou hast done, Give Death his Arrows, and take thou thy own. 1704 Female Wits sig. A3^v That every fool his errors may reclaim. 1743 S. Johnson Deb. in Gentleman's Mag. Suppl. 678 The same Provisions by which the Vices of our own People are to be reclaimed. 1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. xxvi. 153 To abolish the superstition of men, reclaim their wickedness, and bring them back to the true spiritual worship of God. 1849 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) I. iii. 332 In these abuses, which we have a right to reclaim, will be found a mine of riches. †e. intransitive with reflexive meaning. To improve oneself morally or spiritually; to mend one's ways, repent, reform. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform [verb (intransitive)] risec1175 amenda1275 menda1400 reform1582 reclaim1625 to turn down a leaf1633 to take up1661 repair1748 mend1782 to go straight1888 to straighten up1891 1625 B. Spenser Vox Civitatis 2 I wish you to reclaime, repent, beleeue. 1687 J. Everard Winding-sheet Ep. Ded. sig. a 3^v We Mortals have above bruit Beasts the Resurrection of our Bodies; we have above Devils to repent, reclaim, and flie from sin. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. x. 47 If he was in earnest to reclaim. 1757 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances II. clxxxiii. 9 Few of such Creatures ever reclaim of themselves; but..die without Repentance. 1791 Useful Hints 13 Let him..seriously reflect by his encouragement of an unfortunate woman, after her first crime, it is not in the least probable she will reclaim and repent of it. †3. a. transitive. To subdue, reduce to obedience; esp. to tame or train (an animal). Frequently applied to a hawk (cf. sense 1a). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > make obedient master?c1225 atame1340 tamec1384 reclaima1393 reducec1475 subduea1525 range1587 to bring ina1599 tawne1606 entamea1616 puppify1660 to bring to1747 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > tame or train temec1000 tamec1315 faite1362 daunt1377 afaitea1393 reclaima1393 chastisec1400 makea1425 meekc1429 break1474 enter1490 train?1532 law1534 dressc1540 meeken1591 correct1594 subjugate1595 cicure1599 unwild1605 cicurate1606 mancipate1623 familiarize1634 domesticate1641 gentle1651 domesticize1656 civilize1721 educate1760 domiciliate1782 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. 2721 (MED) Love..hath so wise men reclamed. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 72 (MED) Morkar recleymed es [Fr. est reclamé], as es þe faukon fre. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. aiii The same night after the fedyng, wake her all nyght,..then shee will be preui Inowgh to be reclamed. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 681/1 He was the stoburnest boye that ever I sawe, but I have reclaymed hym. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 5 Though the Fawlcon be reclaimed to y^e fist she retyreth to hir haggardnes. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 102 This course of reclaiming a horse by gentlenesse..I haue found much to auaile. 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour ii. ii. sig. E Cami. I am still my selfe, and will be. Fulg. A proud haggard, And not to be reclaim'd. 1733 T. Stackhouse New Hist. Bible I. ii. i. 149/1 Such Creatures as are immorigerous, we have found out Expedients to reclaim. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. v. 100 You cannot shoe a horse..or reclaim a hawk. 1852 R. F. Burton Falconry in Valley of Indus vi. 71 Allowing a week or ten days for reclaiming the bird. 1898 Catholic World Mar. 818 As the haggard when reclaimed made the best falcon, so the spirited maiden when disciplined..made the most obedient wife. b. transitive. To restrict the growth of (a wood or trees) to a manageable level. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [verb (transitive)] > keep within bounds reclaim1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. xxii. 531 By this means also the wood is reclaimed and repressed from running out in length beyond all measure. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 73 Much labour is requir'd in Trees, to tame Their wild disorder, and in ranks reclaim . View more context for this quotation c. transitive. To civilize (a people considered wild or savage); to remove or save from a way of life considered as savage or uncivilized; (occasionally) to remove (a quality considered savage or uncivilized). Obsolete.In early use not always distinguishable from sense 2a. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > make civilized [verb (transitive)] civil1584 civilize1595 reclaim1603 unbeast1611 dissavage1631 unbarbarize1648 unbrute1670 disbarbarize1803 unbrutify1812 debarbarize1823 snivelize1849 unbrutalize1852 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1266 Alexander having founded above threescore and ten cities among the barbarous nations, and sowen throughout all Asia, the mysteries, sacrifices, and ceremonies of Divine service which were used in Greece, reclaimed them from their savage and brutish life. 1669 W. Charleton Two Disc. 92 Primitive Sages laboured to reclaim savage and rude Multitudes and mollifie their iron Minds by mansuetude and other Virtues necessary to common safety and the maintenance of Right in Civil Societies. 1701 J. Dennis Advancem. & Reformation Mod. Poetry i. xiii. 93 Orpheus, the Sacred Interpreter of the Gods, deterr'd savage men from Murdering one another, and reclaim'd them from the Barbarous Brutal lives which they led. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 45 Savage rusticity is reclaimed by oral admonition alone. 1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. Pref. p. vi By religion they were reclaimed from savage life. 1856 J. L. Wilson West Afr. iv. vi. 509 It is..but the revival of that oft-refuted idea, that civilization must precede Christianity in reclaiming the heathen tribes of the earth. 1865 Reader 12 Aug. 180/1 A fair field,..with no aborigines to be protected or reclaimed. 4. †a. intransitive. To protest, object, disagree. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest or remonstrate [verb (intransitive)] quarrelc1391 reclaimc1425 to make courtesy (at)1542 protest1550 recontest1611 objurgate1642 obtest1650 remonstrant1654 remonstrate1655 represent1717 protest1870 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 2647 Septer & crowne..I resigne..Þer schal no man reclayme & seye nay. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 425 Recleymyn, or wythe feyn [read seyn], reclamo. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Heb. xi. f. xx She gave no eare to nature reclaming and barking to the contrarie. 1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 680 All the Bishops..subscribed and allowed all that had bene saide,..and no man reclamed. a1600 (a1463) J. Fortescue Wks. (1869) I. 500 Kinge Henry..was..crouned..by the hole assente and will of all that lande, no man reclaiminge. 1680 G. Mackenzie Observ. Laws & Customs of Nations ii. 19 The Scots did immediatly reclame, and did within much fewer years, than Prescription requires, restore themselves to their Liberty, under the Conduct of that Glorious Prince, King Robert the Bruce. 1719 D. Waterland Vindic. Christ's Divinity viii. 125 Scripture reclaims; and the whole Catholick Church reclaims; and Christian Ears would not bear it. 1733 J. Willison Church's Danger Pref. p. xv Parishes may be settled, and sometimes are, by a Majority of non-residing and disaffected Heritors, where the whole Elders and People do reclaim and protest against the Settlement. a1859 T. De Quincey Wks. (1862) XII. 337 Doth Groot nod as before: No. Groot reclaims. This, saith he, is what I shall never allow of in that unlimited shape. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. viii. 107 We could reclaim,—..But no,—we'll take it as spontaneously Confessed. †b. intransitive. With against (also at, to). To dispute, challenge, contest. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest against [verb (transitive)] biremec1200 to cry against ——1382 to cry outc1385 reclaimc1449 reclaim1566 to exclaim at, on, upon1583 to exclaim against1594 to cry on ——1609 disentreat1611 tax1614 deprecatea1643 to make a noise about1668 protest1887 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 398 Y..am stille in not reclaymyng aȝens the trust neither aȝens the ȝifte. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 459 (MED) What euer gouernaunce was brouȝt into the chirche the Apostlis therto consenting, or at the leest..aȝens it not reclaymyng, is leeful. 1534 T. Cranmer Let. in J. Strype Mem. Cranmer (1694) App. 14 I think there is not one..that would once reclaim against it. 1566 J. Knox Serm. f. 36 ^v Began to call [it] in doubt..bicause that naturall iudgement..reclaymed thereto. 1604 W. Hubbock Oration Gratulatory 9 Every one acclaming to it, no man reclaiming at it. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 60 The whole Context in Dionysius reclaims against this Emendation. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xiii. 164 In Northern countries, the very nature of the climate seems to reclaim against it. 1818 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 308 He wrote to reclaim against an expression of Mr. Wirt's. 1875 W. B. Ullathorne Gladstone's Expost. Unravelled 70 Against which act..we..loudly reclaim, in like manner as, on other occasions, we have protested against like attempts. †c. transitive. With that-clause or direct speech as object. To declare or say in protest, contend. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest against [verb (transitive)] > say in remonstrance reclaimc1449 remonstrate1620 protest1844 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 398 If y theraȝens reclame or proteste for me and hem, that y..wole be fre. c1500 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 11 (MED) Thou erth, I reclayme & appele, That thou recewedst that gentill blod! 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 5 All sense and reason and equity reclaimes that any Law or Cov'nant how solemn or strait soever, either between God and man, or man and man, though of God's joyning should bind against a prime and principall scope of its own influence. 1714 L. Eusden To Ld. Halifax in Steele Poet. Misc. 192 Where are the Flights, (true Criticks may reclaim) The Heat, the Force, and Fancy? 1848 W. H. Mill Five Serm. i. 26 Will not experience bitterly reclaim, that from this consideration..the gloomiest answer only can follow. †d. transitive. To speak out or protest against; to reject, repudiate, oppose. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > protest against [verb (transitive)] biremec1200 to cry against ——1382 to cry outc1385 reclaimc1449 reclaim1566 to exclaim at, on, upon1583 to exclaim against1594 to cry on ——1609 disentreat1611 tax1614 deprecatea1643 to make a noise about1668 protest1887 1566 in C. Stovel Canne's Necessitie of Separation (1849) Introd. p. xciv Your consciences reclaimeth not the wearing of such garments: but many thousand both godly and learned are otherwise persuaded. 1614 T. Lodge tr. Seneca De Beneficiis (1960) 78 Wherein then reposeth this man his trust, but in his conscience..which reclaimeth and gain-sayeth all that eloquence can vrge, or fauour detract. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. viii. 172 Herod..in stead of reclaiming what they exclaimed, imbraced and hug'd their praises as proper to himself. a1731 J. Hughes Misc. in Verse & Prose (1737) 30 The Vulgar's Style She soberly reclaims, Which misapplys mistaken Names. e. intransitive. Scots Law. To appeal. Now chiefly spec.: to appeal from the Outer to the Inner House of the Court of Session. Frequently with against. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > appeal or review > [verb (intransitive)] > appeal beclepe1297 appeal1330 reclaim1575 1575 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1833) I. 123 That he may appe[re] and reclaime fra the said ordinance of the perticular kirk of Edinburgh. 1578–9 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. 1st Ser. III. 109 The said decreet..fra the quhilk the said Dame Grissell hes reclamit. 1666–88 G. Dallas Syst. Stiles (1697) 455 By the saids Acts, their is a Provision and Salvo for the Defender to Reclaim and make Application to the Lords in case of unjustice of the Judge. 1672 G. Mackenzie Pleadings x. 121 My Client has rais'd a Reduction of this Decreet, as injust, and reclaimes against it. 1709 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1740) I. 204 Act anent Interloquitors in the Outter-house, and Bills reclaiming against them. 1739 T. Makdougall Petition 18 If the Interlocutor reclaimed against stand, then the Law is to advance a Stride higher, and the Contract, which only limits the Fee of the Father, to prevent gratuitous Alienations, but not his onerous Deeds, is to cut off the Property of third Parties. 1752 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. II. iv. xxxvi. 676 Parties are presumed to acquiesce to the judgments of the ordinary, when they do not reclaim to the lords. 1868 Act 31 & 32 Victoria c. 100 §54 Such note shall not have the effect..of excusing obedience to or implement of the interlocutor reclaimed against. 1884 Law Times 76 333/1 The trustees have reclaimed against the recent interlocutor of Lord Fraser. 1946 A. D. Gibb Students' Gloss. Sc. Legal Terms 72 To reclaim is to appeal against a decision of an Outer House or Vacation judge. 1992 D. M. Walker Sc. Legal Syst. 274 Any party to a cause initiated in the Outer House who is dissatisfied with the interlocutor of the Lord Ordinary may, in general, reclaim against that interlocutor to the Inner House. 5. a. transitive. To make (wasteland, esp. land previously under water) fit for cultivation or habitation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] ina1387 reclaim1440 improve1523 win1531 mitigate1601 reform1607 stuba1650 regain1652 redeem1671 reduce1726 to bring to1814 to bring in1860 to break in1891 green1967 [implied in: Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 425 Recleymynge, of wyldenesse, redomitacio. (at reclaiming n.)]. 1583 in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 234 If any lands or salt marsh are reclaimed from the sea. 1592 F. Bacon Observ. Libel in Resuscitatio (1661) 113 Wast, and unprofitable Ground Inned, Reclaimed, and Improved. 1738 D. Blindon tr. J. F. Melon Polit. Ess. Commerce Pref. p. xix To reclaim barren Lands, and make them profitable; is to conquer new Countries, without making any one Person miserable. 1764 Museum Rusticum 1 370 The plain reason, why potatoes are an excellent crop for reclaiming land. 1808 J. Walker Econ. Hist. Hebrides I. 162 There has..been more wild land in Scotland, reclaimed by means of lime, than by any other manure. 1860 Afr. Servitude 33 Her farming lands would , soon greatly increase in value—her waste and wild lands would be reclaimed—her half-cultivated fields be well tilled. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §5. 503 A great scheme was set on foot for reclaiming the Fens. 1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman p. xi Far beyond mere lovemaking into politics, high art, schemes for reclaiming new continents from the ocean. 1943 J. S. Huxley TVA vi. 30 Gullied and badly eroding land reclaimed in the Valley. 1993 BBC Wildlife June 12/3 Port and residential facilities to be created by reclaiming most of the mudflats. b. transitive. To make reusable, to recycle; spec. to recycle (rubber) by removing impurities and restoring plasticity. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with rubber or plastic > work with rubber or plastic [verb (transitive)] > specific processes friction1881 reclaim1890 undercure1916 plasticate1929 cream1938 masterbatch1971 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > re-use > make available for re-use recirculate1716 reclaim1890 salvage1943 1890 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 12 20 Process of reclaiming rubber from waste rubber goods. 1898 India-Rubber & Gutta-Percha & Electr. Trades' Jrnl. 16 184/1 Prior to that time [sc.1870] the use of rubber reclaimed from fibrous wastes had been confined practically to one large factory in Boston and one near New York. 1937 H. Barron Mod. Rubber Chem. xxi. 254 Miller carried out four cycles of reclaiming starting from a reclaim. That is, he vulcanised, reclaimed, added sulphur, revulcanized, reclaimed, etc. 1937 Iron Age 5 Aug. 38/3 Many new parts of Monel rendered unserviceable as a result of being turned undersize or bored oversize in the process of manufacture are readily reclaimed by spraying. 1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio vi. 113 The tape is finally wiped and reclaimed. 1972 P. W. Allen Nat. Rubber & Synthetics v. 121 About 90 per cent of the world's supply of new rubbers is not reclaimed but ends up as unwanted waste products. 1991 Green Mag. Guide to Home 1 iv. 57 Of the 26 million tonnes of rubbish thrown away each year..less then two per cent is reclaimed, whilst 90 per cent is buried in landfill sites and the remainder incinerated. 6. transitive. To retract (a statement, accusation, etc.); to revoke (a sentence, etc.); spec. to renounce (religious vows). Also intransitive, with against, from. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > recant or retract revoke1395 renayc1450 reclaima1475 faggot1538 recant1542 recry1568 to eat one's words1571 recall1585 unsay1585 retract1644 palinode1847 the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > cancellation, revocation > annul, cancel, revoke [verb (transitive)] fordoOE allayOE withdrawc1290 withclepe13.. again-callc1390 to call againc1390 repealc1390 revokec1400 unmakec1400 rive1415 annulc1425 abroge1427 uncommandc1430 discharge?a1439 retreatc1443 retract1501 cancela1513 abrogate?1520 dissolve1526 extinct1531 rescind1531 abrenounce1537 infringe1543 recall1565 unwrite1577 extinguish1590 exauctorate1593 relinquish1594 unact1594 to strike off1597 undecide1601 unpass1606 to take off1609 to draw back1610 reclaim1615 to put back1616 abrenunciate1618 unrip1622 supersedeate1641 to set off1642 unassure1643 unorder1648 to ask away1649 disdetermine1651 unbespeak1661 undecree1667 reassumea1675 off-break1702 circumduct1726 raise1837 resiliate1838 denounce1841 disorder1852 pull1937 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > recant or retract to call againc1390 repealc1390 revokec1390 replyc1425 renounce1446 renayc1450 unsay1483 manswear1502 to let loose1530 to call back1533 recant1534 retract1538 unswear1591 unwish1591 swallow1597 to take back1599 retractate1600 reclaim1615 unspeak1615 recede1655 renege1679 unnotify1738 unpronounce1745 withdraw1793 palinode1892 a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1906) ii. 540 (MED) The forsaid henry Mylis, nother his heires..myght neuer clayme, chalange, take, reclayme..ony thyng of right..in the forsaid acre of lond. 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes v. f. 196^v What if Heretike Do reclaime his heresie. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. iii. sig. Bb7^v Yet would he not perswaded be for ought, Ne from his currish will awhit reclame . View more context for this quotation 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (1620) 310 Why may they not as well reclayme again, as they did before? 1607 in J. Maidment Misc. Abbotsford Club (1837) 72 Reclaime my daithe, off lyiff prolong my daitt. 1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 89 Let vs reclaime our impudent and refractory renegations. a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 129 If Henry VI...would..have reclaimed the Approbation..of Richard Duke of York. 1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 76 What I have said..I find no reason to reclaim. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Religious By the Council of Trent, a Religious may reclaim his Vows within five Years. 1797 tr. D. Diderot Nun 210 The politician..dreads that upon the success of one nun reclaiming against her vows, an infinite number of others might be induced to prosecute a similar measure. 1855 J. M. Bunkley Escaped Nun vi. 152 Upon the success of one nun reclaiming against her vows, an infinite number of others might be induced to prosecute a similar measure. 1923 N. Idman C. R. Maturin iv. 217 Alonzo, he learns, can reclaim his vows, if he declares them to have been extorted from him by fraud or terror. 2004 M. Choudhury Convents & Nuns Eighteenth-cent. French Polit. & Culture 107 In 1764 René Le Lièvre attempted to reclaim his vows at the Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève. †7. a. transitive. To call on or appeal to (a god, saint, etc.); to invoke. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > addressing or speaking to > speak to or address [verb (transitive)] > repeatedly reclaim1481 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xii. 159 Thise thre bountees reclayme alle crysten men. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxxvi. f. xxxvii/1 The name of god was reclamed and named in al townes and cytees. ?1503–5 H. Watson tr. Valentine & Orson (1937) 50. 38 He reclaymed bothe god and our lady mekely to kepe him from death. 1518 H. Watson tr. Hystorye Olyuer of Castylle sig. Div He began for to reclayme our lorde in praynge..that he wolde haue pyte on his creature. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. (1587) 461 In these our anguishes O Lord, we sobbed unto thee, we cried for thy help, & we reclamed thy name, as thy troubled flocke persecuted for thy truthes sake. b. transitive. To proclaim or state. With infinitive and complement or complement alone. Also intransitive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > announce or proclaim [verb (transitive)] kithec725 i-bedea800 abedeeOE bid971 deemOE bodea1000 tellOE clepec1275 to tell outa1382 denouncec1384 publishc1384 descryc1390 pronouncec1390 proclaima1393 sound1412 proclaim?a1425 renouncea1425 announcec1429 preconize?1440 announce1483 reclaim?1503 call1523 to speak forth1526 annunciate1533 protest1533 to breathe out1535 denouncec1540 enact1611 deblazon1621 deblaze1640 advise1647 apostolize1652 indigitatea1670 enounce1807 voice1850 norate1851 enunciate1864 post1961 ?1503–5 H. Watson tr. Valentine & Orson (1937) 156. 16 The tyme that I maye knowe by some euydente sygne of the fayre Feȝonne that reclamed me soo muche her dere louer yf she haue chaunged her courage. 1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (1517) sig. Miiii^v If that I am beloued of dyuerse persones y^e whiche reclaymeth me good and vertuous. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. b viii He [sc. Erasmus] hath geven soche a laudacion Unto the ydols of abhominacion... That yf he shulde wother wyse reclame Men wolde impute vnto his blame Of vnstable inconstancy the cryme. 1566 J. Knox Serm. f. 40 Stil to reclayme him to be our God..is the greatest victorie of faith. 1704 J. Dennis Liberty Asserted Epil. To reclaim such our Author had me say He wrote this English. c. transitive. To repeat (a sound). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)] doublec1380 naitc1400 reportc1405 repeat1427 renewa1464 iterate1533 resume1535 to run over ——1538 redouble1580 to go over ——1583 re-say1583 reclaim1590 ingeminate1594 reword1604 reassume1631 reutter1632 oversay1639 to fetch over1642 reassert1647 1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 23 Melt to tears, poure out thy plaints, let Eccho reclame them. d. intransitive. To exclaim, to call or cry out loudly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > cry or exclaim [verb (intransitive)] remeeOE ropeOE gredec1000 epec1175 yeiec1175 ascry1352 to cry out1382 to lift (up) a cry, one's voice1382 cryc1384 outcryc1390 yawlc1400 openc1425 bursta1450 yelp?c1450 escry1483 assurd1523 to break forth1526 gaure1530 to call out?1532 exclaim1570 reclaim1611 voice1627 blathe1640 to set up one's pipes1671 bawze1677 sing1813 Great-Scott1902 yip1907 1611 A. Willet Hexapla: Rom. ix. 410 Moses..doth not onely crie vnto God, but he reclaymeth and crieth as it were against his mind. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) v. i. 297 The voice flying into aire, I call'd a long time to intreat it to instruct me... But I re-claim'd in vain. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Homer 1st Bk. Ilias in Fables 200 One whisper'd soft, and one aloud reclaim'd. a1794 W. Jones Poet. Wks. (1810) II. 13 Bold I reclaim: but ah! sweet maid, Bereft of thy propitious aid, My voice is tuneless. †8. transitive. To make a claim against (a person), to sue. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 157 Thai quite clamand him jn tyme to cum, to nocht reclame him of thai gudis. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 86 Quhethir..he may lefully recouer apon him be were his thing, gif he may reclame him jn jugement. 9. a. transitive. To claim again; to demand the restoration or return of, esp. by legal means; to reassert a legal right to; spec. to claim back (overpaid tax, money, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take again or back > take back resume1404 to take again1474 revoke1526 reclaim1530 to fetch again1535 to take back1568 reducec1595 reassume1609 revicta1656 reassert1704 pull1985 society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > claim > claim the restoration of reclaim1530 society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > demand > restitution reclaim1530 redemand1544 repeat1582 remand1596 1530 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 91 Hys M^r..desyred to have hym reclaymed of the Maire. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iii. sig. Ee5 So shall the Briton blood their crowne agayn reclame. 1600 St. Papers, Domest. 447 The Archduke, having reclaimed his mutinied Spaniards..left the Infanta at Ghent. c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1922) II. 232 The awnaris..may reclame the saidis twa thriddis allanerlie. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3758/7 Captain Arena,..being reclaimed by the Imperial Ambassador, was set at Liberty. 1761 J. Freinsheim tr. Livy Rom. Hist. VIII. xliii. ii. 273 L. Canuleius, to whose lot Spain had fallen, was ordered to appoint five commissioners of senatorial rank for every person of whom the Spaniards could reclaim money that had been taken from them. 1795 Montford Castle II. x. 136 My first business will be to reclaim the money he had of me, to the last penny; and, if he does not pay it, I will see if the law will not enable me to sell his castle. 1834 F. Marryat Pacha I. iii. 71 To make a note of any particular marks upon the children, by which they might be eventually reclaimed. 1845 Pennsylvania Law Jrnl. (1846) 5 140 The provisions of this section were intended to be commensurate with the plaintiff's right to reclaim the costs paid on appeal. 1872 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Sept. 249 In vain he reclaimed for Paris, in the face of Versailles, the right of municipal self-government. 1914 W. E. Snelling Income Tax & Super-tax Pract. 194 Because he has made no profit he may reclaim tax paid on this £90. 1986 D. Hogan New Shirt xi. 104 He was heir to a mansion in Yugoslavia..and if it was still there after the war he'd reclaim it. 2006 Independent 17 May 12/1 Patients facing long waits who were prepared to go abroad and later reclaim the cost. b. transitive. To win back (a person's favour, love, allegiance, etc.); to win over (a person) again. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > win over > again reclaim1587 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 35 No loue deuise, no iewels fet from farre, Could so reclaime this noble Ladies minde. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 11 Fit also to reclaime them to know him for their King, whom they had so lately talked of as an Enimie. 1682 J. Beale Let. 26 June in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) V. 302 Dr Spratt..hath said enough to reclaime the Scoffers, if they had bin Reasonable Animalls. 1706 Ladies Diary in C. Hutton Diarian Misc. IV. (1775) 2 He was resolved seeing he could not reclaim his old mistress, to marry another and be revenged on her. 1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad vii. 196 Jealous of her lord, A robe she kept with latent poisons stor'd..bequeath'd her, to reclaim The hero's love, and light his dying flame. 1839 J. A. Hillhouse Demetria iv. iii, in Dramas, Discourses, & Other Pieces 62 What! Degrade myself to that?—Sue for his pity?—Seek to reclaim a fickle lover?—Never! 1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxi. 120 Once alienated, [I doubt] whether he were ever to be reclaimed. 1899 K. H. Bradley & E. E. Cooper Anna Ruina ii. 40 The noble lady..who loves him, And who has travelled in great jeopardy To Rome for leave but to reclaim his love. 1911 M. Roby My Adventures in Congo xviii. 309 It is not too late to reclaim the friendship of our South-Eastern neighbours. 1948 J. C. Miller Triumph of Freedom 1775–83 xxviii. 596 The loyalty of the people would be put to the final test which would determine whether Great Britain could reclaim the allegiance of Americans anywhere in the revolted colonies. 1981 C. L. Nahal Crown & Loincloth i. ii. 63 He had only to come out with the proper gesture to reclaim her—if he wanted to reclaim her. c. transitive. To get or take back (something previously lost, dropped, etc.); to retrieve, recover. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 189 Reclaiming the Bar,..he threw it to a Length..judged to exceed my Cast. 1784 A. Ellicott Diary 24 Nov. in C. V. Mathews Andrew Ellicott (1908) i. 27 The Hussey immediately Reniged and reclaimed the Bed. 1849 J. I. Helm Mem. M. T. Sharp 195 Her Saviour smiles upon her, She is kneeling at his throne; He who gave her hath reclaimed her. 1872 Preacher's Lantern 2 511 As soon as the mother saw she had escaped the danger, she reclaimed her child. 1875 R. D. Blackmore Alice Lorraine III. vi. 94 This cold resistless flood calmly reclaimed its ancient channel. 1969 M. H. Wolf Vermont is always with You 44 When we reclaimed our sow from her visit to a nearby farm, the farmer had told us the expected date of her accouchement. 1989 Philharmonic Orchestra of Florida Yearbk. 39/1 The melody passes briefly to the woodwinds, but the solo instrument reclaims it until a series of rising scales leads to a new section. 2007 Sunday Times (Nexis) 18 Nov. (Sport section) 2 Hunt dismissed Eardley's brush-off, ran around him, reclaimed the ball and then at the last moment miscontrolled it. d. transitive. To reassert a relationship or connection with, or a moral right to; (now frequently) to re-evaluate or reinterpret (a term, concept, etc., esp. one relating to one's own demographic group) in a more positive or suitable way; to reappropriate. ΚΠ a1797 W. Mason Religio Clerici i, in Wks. (1811) I. 432 Nor will I use it [sc. the word ‘Trinity’] from its adjunct free, But join it evermore with Unity; Reclaim the term, he and his tribe have stole. 1894 J. Seth Study of Ethical Princ. i. ii. 216 We might have called it by Aristotle's name of Happiness, and thus reclaimed the word from the exclusive possession of the Hedonists. 1928 Times 9 July 23/4 Specialization was growing and was necessary to reclaim history from the domain of the pamphleteer and the partisan. 1962 F. Kermode Puzzles & Epiphanies 25 It seemed necessary..for poets to reclaim their heritage from music. 1987 Internat. Rev. Educ. 33 422 Rather than reject feminism simply as white ideology black women should redefine and reclaim the term. 1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of Vanities (1988) ii. 39 Concrete benches had been placed in the park in 1971 in the campaign to ‘revitalize Franz Sigel Park and reclaim it for the community’. 2001 Guardian 29 Dec. (Saturday section) 10/3 Their ‘re-appropriation of queerness’; to turn an insult back into a badge of pride, to reclaim the despised and overlooked as a source of inspiration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > see also also refers to : re-claimn.² < n.¹a1398v.a1393 see also
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