v.
- retrieve or recover.
- bring (waste land or land formerly under water) under cultivation.
▸recycle.
- dated redeem from a state of vice.
▸archaic tame or civilize (an animal or person).
n.
the action of reclaiming or being reclaimed.
Derivative
- reclaimable adj.
- reclaimer n.
- reclamation n.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. reclamer, from L. reclamare ‘cry out against’, from re- ‘back’ + clamare ‘to shout’.