■ verb
1》 retrieve or recover.
2》 bring (waste land or land formerly under water) under cultivation.
↘recycle.
3》 dated redeem from a state of vice.
↘ archaic tame or civilize (an animal or person).
■ noun the action of ~ing or being ~ed.
Derivatives
~able adjective
~er noun
reclamation noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. reclamer , from L. reclamare 'cry out against', from re- 'back' + clamare 'to shout'.