Dictionary Check: reclaim

"reclaim" is a valid word!

Scrabble 11 points
Words with Friends 14 points

Definition

verb

claim back

Synonyms:
verb

reuse (materials from waste products)

Synonyms:
verb

bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

Example: "The Church reformed me"
verb

make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state

Example: "The people reclaimed the marshes"
verb

overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

Example: "He tames lions for the circus"

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