reclamatory

Adjective

reclamatory

1. Pertaining to reclamation or reclaiming of land (that was underwater or unusable).
   • This was a case of artificial reclamatory work done by the individual owners of the land beyond the foreshore, and the judgment of the Chief Justice (Osborne , C.J.) of the Nov. 5. Supreme Court of Southern Nigeria was affirmed, […]1900, The British Columbia Reports: Being Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme and County Courts and in Admiralty, page 293
   • […] imperceptible in the sense already described, becomes an addition to C the property of the adjoining land; the former has not this result, and the property of the original foreshore, thus suddenly altered by reclamatory work upon it, remains […]1961, The All England Law Reports Reprint: Being a Selection from the Law Times Reports, 1843-1935
2. Pertaining to reclamation or reclaiming of concepts, words, etc (that were stigmatized, disfavored, etc).
   • We have tried to honour the reclamatory spirit of these efforts in the title of this collection. Myths of many kinds emerge in the plays and poems. Frequently the same myth appears in different guises. Given the Renaissance context, it may seem ...1994, A. J. Hoenselaars, Ton Hoenselaars, Reclamations of Shakespeare, Rodopi, →ISBN, page 7
   • Not that this is merely dismissive; since 1968 some of the most exciting theatre work and much interesting reclamatory scholarship has come from these two approaches. All-female groups are vital, both as a reaction against male dominance […]2003, Michelene Wandor, Post-war British Drama: Looking Back in Gender, Routledge, →ISBN
3. (archaic) Reformative, corrective; (of a conversion) representing a return to orthodox religious faith and behavior.
   • 2. Evangelism; efforts to secure reclamatory conversions. 3. Missionary activities; at home and abroad.1921, George Herbert Betts, The New Program of Religious Education, page 81
   • With much that the author has to say we could very heartily agree, as, for example, the following, "religious education seeks to save the need for a reclamatory conversion, and in its stead to substitute a gradual and natural spiritual growth […]"1922, The Lutheran Quarterly, page 262
4. Asking for repetition (and sometimes expressing doubt or confusion).
   • For example, a reclamatory question (calling for a repetition) does not sort well with B + A; […]1986, Dwight Bolinger, Dwight Le Merton Bolinger, Intonation and Its Parts: Melody in Spoken English, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 318
   • The same is true of a question calling for a repetition (a reclamatory question) : (25) Are you OK? - Eh? (What? Am I what?) - Are you OK ? - Oh, sure, fine.1998, Daniel Hirst, Albert Di Cristo, Intonation Systems: A Survey of Twenty Languages, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 50