v. & n.
--v.tr.
1. seek the return of (one's property).
2 claim in return or as a rebate etc.
3 bring under cultivation, esp. from a state of being under water.
4 a win back or away from vice or error or a waste condition; reform. b tame, civilize.
--n. the act or an instance of reclaiming; the process of being reclaimed.
Derivatives:
reclaimable adj. reclaimer n. reclamation n.
Etymology: ME f. OF reclamer reclaim- f. L reclamare cry out against (as RE-, clamare shout)