revendicate

Verb

revendicate (third-person singular simple present revendicates, present participle revendicating, simple past and past participle revendicated)

1. (formal, transitive) To reclaim; to demand the restoration of (something) as a right, or to maintain a claim to (a property or right) that has been withheld.
   • And the alienation of any of its possessions by the conqueror is valid and irretrievable. Should some subsequent fortunate revolution deliver it from the conqueror's yoke, it can revendicate them.1760, M. de Vittel, LAW OF NATIONS, volume 1, translation of original in French, page 86
   • In actions of revendication of real property, or when proceedings are instituted in order to obtain the seizure and the sale of real property, in virtue of an act of hypothecation importing confession of judgment, the defendant may be cited, whether in the first instance or in appeal, either within...1901, Solomon Wolff, editor, Code of Practice of Louisiana, page 163

   Synonyms:

   reclaim, recover