Dictionary definition · reclaim
verb
- claim back
- reuse (materials from waste products)
- bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one"The Church reformed me"
- make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state"The people reclaimed the marshes"
- overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable"He tames lions for the circus"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).