reclaiming

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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