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reclaiming
回收; 翻造
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Re·claim
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Reclaimed
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Reclaiming
.]
1.
To
call
back
,
as
a
hawk
to
the
wrist
in
falconry
,
by
a
certain
customary
call
.
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
.”
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
.]
Syn:
--
To
reform
;
recover
;
restore
;
amend
;
correct
.
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