Reclaim
verbri'kleɪm
Verb
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
“reclaim falcons”
Type of:ModifyAlterChangemake useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state
“The people reclaimed the marshes”
Type of:Convertbring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
Type of:ChangeAlterModifyclaim back
Similar:RepossessType of:GetAcquirereuse (materials from waste products)
Similar:RecoverType of:ReuseReprocessRecycle
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Similar Words
- Rectify
- Reform
- Regenerate
- Domesticate
- Domesticise
- Domesticize
- Tame
- Repossess
- Recover
- Reclamation