reclaim
To return land to a suitable condition for use.
Other meanings
To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.
To claim something back; to repossess.
Related words
- reclamation
- unreclaiming
- reclaimable
- reclaimableness
- reclaimably
- reclaimant
- reclaimer
- reclaimless
- reclaim one's time
Word history
From Latin "reclamo" (reclāmō, reclāmāre).
Where this comes from
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