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reclaimest

reclaimest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of reclaim.

Meaning of reclaim

Verb

reclaim (third-person singular simple present reclaims, present participle reclaiming, simple past and past participle reclaimed)

  1. (transitive) To return land to a suitable condition for use.
  2. (transitive) To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.
  3. (transitive) To claim something back; to repossess.
  4. (dated, transitive) To return someone to a proper course of action, or correct an error; to reform.
    • His Highneſſe pleaſure is that he ſhould liue,
      And be reclaim’d with princely lenitie.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  5. (archaic, transitive) To tame or domesticate a wild animal.
    • an eagle well reclaimed1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
  6. (archaic, transitive) To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
    • They were the head-strong horses, who hurried Octavius […] along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them.1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

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Origin of reclaimest

reclaim + -est

Questions about reclaimest

What is reclaimest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Reclaimest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of reclaim.

Words near reclaimest in the dictionary

  1. reclaimants
  2. reclaimed
  3. reclaimed one's time
  4. reclaimer
  5. reclaimers
  6. reclaimest
  7. reclaimeth
  8. reclaiming
  9. reclaiming one's time
  10. Reclaiming Wicca
  11. reclaimless

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