To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call.
To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
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.
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.
To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.
To correct; to reform; -- said of things.
To exclaim against; to gainsay.
To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
To draw back; to give way.
The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery.
Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world. Etty Hillesum
We need to reclaim our American system of limited government, low taxes, reasonable regulations, and sound money, which has blessed us with unprecedented prosperity. And it has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed. Paul Ryan
Part of what I want to do is sort of reclaim my story - it belongs to me and to my children, who have to live with whoever their mother is. Elizabeth Edwards
I've lost love. I've tried to reclaim a lost love and didn't know how to do it. Sam Worthington
