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reclaimed
re·claim R0085200 (rĭ-klām′)tr.v. re·claimed, re·claim·ing, re·claims 1. To resume possession of; take back: reclaimed our luggage; reclaimed the heavyweight boxing title.2. Chiefly British To legally request what is due: reclaimed the tax that is owed.3. To require or deserve again: The movie reclaimed my attention.4. To bring into or return to a suitable condition for use, as cultivation or habitation: reclaim marshlands; reclaim strip-mined land.5. To procure (usable substances) from refuse or waste products; recycle.6. To bring back, as from error, to a right or proper course; reform. See Synonyms at save1.7. To use or reinterpret (a historically derogatory name or term) in a positive way, as in pride for one's social group.8. To tame (a falcon, for example).n. Restoration to a previous or reformed state: a life beyond reclaim.
[Middle English reclamen, to call back, from Old French reclamer, to entreat, from Latin reclāmāre : re-, re- + clāmāre, to cry out; see kelə- in Indo-European roots.]
re·claim′a·ble adj.re·claim′ant, re·claim′er n.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | reclaimed - delivered from dangerrescuedsaved - rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin; "a saved soul" |
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