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reclaim
English
Etymology
From Middle English reclaymen, recleymen, reclamen, from Anglo-Norman reclamer (noun reclaim and Middle French reclamer (noun reclaim), from Latin recl?m?, recl?m?re.
Pronunciation
- verb
- (UK) IPA(key): /???kle?m/, /?i??kle?m/
- noun
- (UK) IPA(key): /??i?kle?m/
- Rhymes: -e?m
Verb
reclaim (third-person singular simple present reclaims, present participle reclaiming, simple past and past participle reclaimed)
- (transitive) To return land to a suitable condition for use.
- (transitive) To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.
- (transitive) To claim something back; to repossess.
- (transitive, dated) To return someone to a proper course of action, or correct an error; to reform.
- 1609, Edward Hoby, A Letter to Mr. T[heophilus] H[iggons], late Minister: now Fugitive ... in answere of his first Motive
- Your errour, in time reclaimed, will be veniall.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Goodness of God a Motive to Repentance
- It is the intention of Providence, in all the various expressions of his goodness, to reclaim mankind.
- 1609, Edward Hoby, A Letter to Mr. T[heophilus] H[iggons], late Minister: now Fugitive ... in answere of his first Motive
- (transitive, archaic) To tame or domesticate a wild animal.
- an eagle well reclaimed
- (transitive, archaic) To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
- They were the head-strong horses, who hurried Octavius […] along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them.
- (transitive, archaic) To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
- 1719, Daniel Waterland, A Vindication of Christ's Divinit
- Scripture reclaims, and the whole Catholic church reclaims, and Christian ears would not bear it.
- 1882, Alexander Bain, Biography of James Mill
- At a later period Grote reclaimed strongly against Mill's setting Whately above Hamilton.
- 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State and the Profane State
- True it is he was very wild in his youth till God (the best Chymick who can fix quicksilver it self) gratiously reclaim'd him
- 1719, Daniel Waterland, A Vindication of Christ's Divinit
- (obsolete, rare) To draw back; to give way.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
- (intransitive, law, Scotland) To appeal from the Lord Ordinary to the inner house of the Court of Session.
Related terms
Translations
Noun
reclaim (plural reclaims)
- (obsolete, falconry) The calling back of a hawk.
- (obsolete) The bringing back or recalling of a person; the fetching of someone back.
- An effort to take something back, to reclaim something.
Anagrams
- Maricle, Miracle, Ramciel, car mile, claimer, miracle
Old French
Noun
reclaim m (oblique plural reclains, nominative singular reclains, nominative plural reclaim)
- reputation
Descendants
- English: reclaim
References
- reclaim on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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reform
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French reformer, from Latin reformo, reformare. As a noun since 1660s, from French réforme.
Pronunciation
- ("to form again"):
- (General American) IPA(key): /??i??f??m/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??i??f??m/
- (other senses):
- (General American) IPA(key): /???f??m/, /???f??m/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???f??m/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m
Noun
reform (countable and uncountable, plural reforms)
- The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it
- 19 February 2011, Barack Obama, Presidential Weekly Address, America Will Win the Future
- ...over the past two years, my administration has made education a top priority. We’ve launched a competition called “Race to the Top” – a reform that is lifting academic standards and getting results; not because Washington dictated the answers, but because states and local schools pursued innovative solutions.
- 19 February 2011, Barack Obama, Presidential Weekly Address, America Will Win the Future
Synonyms
- reformation
- amendment
- rectification
- correction
Derived terms
- monetary reform
Related terms
- reformation
Translations
Verb
reform (third-person singular simple present reforms, present participle reforming, simple past and past participle reformed)
- (transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better
- 15 January 2018, Adebisi Onanuga and Robert Egbe in The Nation, ‘How we stopped DPP’s office from being used to settle scores’
- In this interview with Law Editors and Correspondents, he speaks on the gains of reforming the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), efforts to keep underage persons out of jail.
- 1909, H. G. Wells, The History of Mr. Polly Chapter 9
- to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals; to reform a criminal
- “There was always something a bit wrong with him,” she said, “but nothing you mightn’t have hoped for, not till they took him and carried him off and reformed him"
- 15 January 2018, Adebisi Onanuga and Robert Egbe in The Nation, ‘How we stopped DPP’s office from being used to settle scores’
- (intransitive) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits
- (transitive, intransitive) To form again or in a new configuration.
- This product contains reformed meat.
Synonyms
- (put into a better condition): amend, correct, rectify, mend, repair, better, improve, restore, reclaim
Translations
References
reform in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Wells, John, Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, ?ISBN, page 640
Further reading
- "reform" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 262.
Anagrams
- former
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re?f?rm/, [???f??m]
Noun
reform c (singular definite reformen, plural indefinite reformer)
- reform
Declension
References
- “reform” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “reform” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Hungarian
Etymology
From English reform and German Reform, from French réforme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?r?form]
- Hyphenation: re?form
- Rhymes: -orm
Noun
reform (plural reformok)
- reform
- Synonym: újítás
Declension
References
Further reading
- reform in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French réforme
Noun
reform m (definite singular reformen, indefinite plural reformer, definite plural reformene)
- reform
Related terms
- reformere
References
- “reform” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French réforme
Noun
reform f (definite singular reforma, indefinite plural reformer, definite plural reformene)
- reform
References
- “reform” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re?f?rm/
Noun
reform c
- reform
Declension
Related terms
- högskolereform
- reformation
- reformator
- reformatorisk
- reformera
- reformist
- reformistisk
- reformutrymme
- stavningsreform
References
- reform in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
Anagrams
- former
Turkish
Etymology
From French réforme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???fo?m/
Noun
reform (definite accusative reformu, plural reformlar)
- reform
Further reading
- reform in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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