Reclaim

rē-klām′, v.t. to demand the return of: to regain: to bring back from a wild or barbarous state, or from error or vice: to bring into a state of cultivation: to bring into the desired condition: to make tame or gentle: to reform.— v.i. to cry out or exclaim: ( Scots law ) to appeal from the Lord Ordinary to the inner house of the Court of Se ion.— adj. Reclaim′able , that may be reclaimed or reformed.— adv. Reclaim′ably .— ns. Reclaim′ant , one who reclaims; Reclamā′tion , act of reclaiming: state of being reclaimed, as of waste land: demand: recovery. [Fr.,—L. re- , again, clamāre , to cry out.]