reclaim

vt.
1. reform,reduce to obedience改造，使顺从。
△Rom.4.2.48 (47): “Since this same wayward girl is so re-claimed.”因为这个任性的女孩子居然改邪归正了。
2. tame,subdue,make gentle,soften 驯服，制服，使温和，使软化。
△2H.VI.5.2.54: “And beauty,that the ty-rant oft reclaims,/ Shall to my flaming wrath be oiland flax.”(Cf. Proverbs:” Put not fire to flax” and“To add oil to the fire.”) 美貌常常能使暴君心软，但是对于我的万丈怒火来说只能火上加油。
3. regain,recover,bring back重新获得，恢复，拿回来。
△1H.VI.3. 4. 5:“In sign whereof,this arm that hathreclaimed / To your obedience fifty fortresses，”为了表示这种敬意，我这只手臂——它曾经为吾主收复了五十座城堡…。

reclaim[riˈkleim]

v.要求归还，收回，开垦
‖ reclaimable adj. reclamation n. reclamation area垦区
reclamation of wasteland by an army unit军垦