Reclaim |
To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of. |
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Reclaim |
To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call. |
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Reclaim |
To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting. |
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Reclaim |
To reduce from a wild to a tamed state; to bring under discipline; -- said especially of birds trained for the chase, but also of other animals. |
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Reclaim |
Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc. |
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