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Word entry · 7 letters

reclaim

Best crossword clue

"Get back again"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈkleɪm/Part of speech verbSorted aceilmrStarts with REnds with M2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

Word origin

From Middle English reclaymen, recleymen, reclamen, from Anglo-Norman reclamer (noun reclaim and Middle French reclamer (noun reclaim), from Latin reclāmō, reclāmāre. Equivalent to re- + claim.

Used in a sentence

  • His Highneſſe pleaſure is that he ſhould liue, And be reclaim’d with princely lenitie.
  • Your errour, in time reclaimed, will be veniall.
  • They, hardened more by what might most reclaim, / Grieving to see his glory […] took envy.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Get back again7 letters
02Regain possession7 letters

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