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Reclaim \Re*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reclaimed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Reclaiming}.] [F. r['e]clamer, L. reclamare,
   reclamatum, to cry out against; pref. re- re- + clamare to
   call or cry aloud. See {Claim}.]
   1. To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a
      certain customary call. --Chaucer.

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

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

   3. To reduce from a wild to a tamed state; to bring under
      discipline; -- said especially of birds trained for the
      chase, but also of other animals. ``An eagle well
      reclaimed.'' --Dryden.

   4. Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor,
      cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild,
      desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild
      land, overflowed land, etc.

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

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

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

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

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

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