reclaim

Verb
  1. Claim back (synset 202281167)
    is a type of: acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
    subtypes:
    • distrain - legally take something in place of a debt payment
    • foreclose - subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
    same as: repossess
  2. Reuse (materials from waste products) (synset 202231615)
    entail: preserve, save - to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
    is a type of: recycle, reprocess, reuse - use again after processing
    same as: recover
  3. Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one (synset 200385291)
    "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    subtypes: moralise, moralize - improve the morals of
    same as: rectify, reform, regenerate
    verb group: reform, see the light, straighten out - change for the better
  4. Make useful again;
    Transform from a useless or uncultivated state (synset 200384542)
    "The people reclaimed the marshes"
    is a type of: convert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something
  5. Overcome the wildness of;
    Make docile and tractable (synset 200302911)
    "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
    referred to in: animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    subtypes: break, break in - make submissive, obedient, or useful
    same as: domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, tame
    verb group: domesticate, tame - make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans

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