reclaiming

Reclaim \Re*claim"\ (r[-e]*kl[=a]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Reclaimed} (r[-e]*kl[=a]md"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reclaiming}.]
   [F. r['e]clamer, L. reclamare, reclamatum, to cry out
   against; pref. re- re- + clamare to call or cry aloud. See
   {Claim}.]
   1. To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a
      certain customary call. --Chaucer.
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   2. To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to,
      for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
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            The headstrong horses hurried Octavius . . . along,
            and were deaf to his reclaiming them. --Dryden.
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   3. 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. "An eagle well
      reclaimed." --Dryden.
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   4. 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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   5. 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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            It is the intention of Providence, in all the
            various expressions of his goodness, to reclaim
            mankind.                              --Rogers.
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   6. To correct; to reform; -- said of things. [Obs.]
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            Your error, in time reclaimed, will be venial. --Sir
                                                  E. Hoby.
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   7. To exclaim against; to gainsay. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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   Syn: To reform; recover; restore; amend; correct.
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