The story behind “reclaim”, from its beginnings to its meaning today. #words #vocabulary
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THE STORY STARTS HERE: Where did “reclaim” come from?. Middle English reclaim came through Anglo-French reclamer from Latin reclamare, to cry out against or call back, built from re- and clamare, to cry out.
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THE CONNECTION: How the word got here. In medieval English one could reclaim a trained hawk by calling it back to the glove. Calling back encouraged senses of taming and reforming; those later spread to recovering possession, making land usable, and salvaging waste.
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THE WORD: “reclaim”. Say it: /ɹɪˈkleɪm/ Meaning: Lead or force someone to abandon wrongful conduct and adopt a morally right way of life.
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