Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reclaim \Re*claim"\, v. t.
   To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt
   to recover possession of.

         A tract of land [Holland] snatched from an element
         perpetually reclaiming its prior occupancy. --W. Coxe.

Reclaim \Re*claim"\, v. i.
   1. To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim
      against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.

            Scripture reclaims, and the whole Catholic church
            reclaims, and Christian ears would not hear it.
                                                  --Waterland.

            At a later period Grote reclaimed strongly against
            Mill's setting Whately above Hamilton. --Bain.

   2. To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.

            They, hardened more by what might most reclaim,
            Grieving to see his glory . . . took envy. --Milton.

   3. To draw back; to give way. [R. & Obs.] --Spenser.

Reclaim \Re*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reclaimed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Reclaiming}.] [F. r['e]clamer, L. reclamare,
   reclamatum, to cry out against; pref. re- re- + clamare to
   call or cry aloud. See {Claim}.]
   1. To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a
      certain customary call. --Chaucer.

   2. To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to,
      for the purpose of subduing or quieting.

            The headstrong horses hurried Octavius . . . along,
            and were deaf to his reclaiming them. --Dryden.

   3. To reduce from a wild to a tamed state; to bring under
      discipline; -- said especially of birds trained for the
      chase, but also of other animals. ``An eagle well
      reclaimed.'' --Dryden.

   4. Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor,
      cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild,
      desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild
      land, overflowed land, etc.

   5. To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or
      transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or
      course of life; to reform.

            It is the intention of Providence, in all the
            various expressions of his goodness, to reclaim
            mankind.                              --Rogers.

   6. To correct; to reform; -- said of things. [Obs.]

            Your error, in time reclaimed, will be venial. --Sir
                                                  E. Hoby.

   7. To exclaim against; to gainsay. [Obs.] --Fuller.

   Syn: To reform; recover; restore; amend; correct.

Reclaim \Re*claim"\, n.
   The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed;
   reclamation; recovery. [Obs.]

Source : WordNet®

reclaim
     v 1: claim back [syn: {repossess}]
     2: of materials from waste products [syn: {recover}]
     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" [syn: {reform}, {regenerate}, {rectify}]
     4: make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated
        state; "The people reclaimed the marshes"
     5: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He
        tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" [syn: {domesticate},
         {domesticize}, {domesticise}, {tame}]