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To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to
attempt to recover possession of. |
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To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a
certain customary call. |
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To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call
to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting. |
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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. |
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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. |
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To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or
transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to
reform. |
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To correct; to reform; -- said of things. |
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To exclaim against; to gainsay. |
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To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim
against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions. |
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To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform. |
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To draw back; to give way. |
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The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed;
reclamation; recovery. |
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