definition of
[reclaim]

[1] #1 reclaim v. [repossess] claim back. wn

[2] #2 reclaim v. [recover] reuse (materials from waste products). wn

[3] #3 reclaim v. [reform, regenerate, rectify] 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". wn

[4] #4 reclaim v. make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; "The people reclaimed the marshes". wn

[5] #5 reclaim v. [domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, tame] overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons". wn