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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re-claim (rē klām′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
- to claim again.
Also, reclaim. - late Middle English. See re-, claim 1400–50
- to bring (uncultivated areas or wasteland) into a condition for cultivation or other use.
- to recover (substances) in a pure or usable form from refuse, discarded articles, etc.
- to bring back to a preferable manner of living, sound principles, ideas, etc.
- to tame.
- re-claim.
v.i. - to protest;
object.
n. - reclamation:beyond reclaim.
- Old French reclaim, reclam, derivative of reclamer
- Latin reclāmāre to cry out against, equivalent. to re- re- + clāmāre to claim; (noun, nominal) Middle English reclaim(e)
- Old French reclamer (tonic stem reclaim-)
- (verb, verbal) Middle English recla(i)men 1250–1300
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged regain, restore. See recover.
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