reclaim (verb)

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• reclaim — ► VERB 1) retrieve or recover. 2) bring (waste land or land formerly under water) under cultivation. 3) redeem from a state of vice. ► NOUN ▪ the action of reclaiming or the process of being reclaimed. DERIVATIVES reclamation noun …   English terms dictionary

• reclaim — re·claim /ˌrē klām/ vt 1: to make fit or available for human use reclaim ing land that had been strip mined 2 a: to demand the return of by right b: to regain possession of Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …   Law dictionary

• reclaim — verb (T) 1 to officially ask for something to be given back to you: You may be entitled to reclaim some tax. 2 to make an area of desert, marsh (=wet land), etc suitable for farming or building 3 to obtain useful products from waste material:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• reclaim — verb 1》 retrieve or recover. 2》 bring (waste land or land formerly under water) under cultivation.     ↘recycle. 3》 dated redeem from a state of vice.     ↘archaic tame or civilize (an animal or person). noun the action of reclaiming or being… …   English new terms dictionary

• reclaim — verb 1) traveling expenses can be reclaimed Syn: get back, recoup, claim back, recover, regain, retrieve See note at recover 2) Henrietta had reclaimed him from a life of despair Syn: save …   Thesaurus of popular words

• reclaim — verb 1) expenses can be reclaimed Syn: get back, claim back, recover, retrieve, recoup 2) Henrietta had reclaimed him from a life of vice Syn: save, rescue, redeem, salvage …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• reclaim — [[t]rɪkle͟ɪm[/t]] reclaims, reclaiming, reclaimed 1) VERB If you reclaim something that you have lost or that has been taken away from you, you succeed in getting it back. [V n] In 1986, they got the right to reclaim South African citizenship...… …   English dictionary

• reclaim — An act carried out by a seller who has tendered a live cattle delivery certificate that the assigned buyer has retendered. A seller will do this to collect the retender fee. To reclaim, the original seller establishes a long position in the pit… …   Financial and business terms

• reclaim — UK [rɪˈkleɪm] / US verb [transitive] Word forms reclaim : present tense I/you/we/they reclaim he/she/it reclaims present participle reclaiming past tense reclaimed past participle reclaimed 1) a) to get something back that someone has taken from… …   English dictionary

• reclaim — /rəˈkleɪm / (say ruh klaym) verb (t) 1. to claim or demand the return or restoration of (something or someone): to reclaim baggage; to reclaim someone s affection. 2. to bring (wild, waste, or marshy land) into a condition for cultivation or… …  

• reclaim — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English reclamen, from Anglo French reclamer, from Latin reclamare to cry out, protest, from re + clamare to cry out more at claim Date: 14th century 1. a. to recall from wrong or improper conduct ; reform b.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary