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reclaim

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reclaim in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
    "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
    domesticate  domesticize  domesticise  reclaim  tame 
  2. make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state
    "The people reclaimed the marshes"
    reclaim 
  3. bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
    "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
    reform  reclaim  regenerate  rectify 
  4. claim back
    reclaim  repossess 
  5. reuse (materials from waste products)
    reclaim  recover 
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