reclaim : English to Binisaya - Cebuano Dictionary and Thesaurus.

English to Binisaya - Cebuano Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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reclaim : bawi (v.)

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reclaim
v. (possession)	1. reclaim, repossess	claim back.
	~ acquire, get	come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"
	~ distrain	legally take something in place of a debt payment.
	~ foreclose	subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage.
v. (possession)	2. reclaim, recover	reuse (materials from waste products).
	~ reprocess, reuse, recycle	use again after processing.; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes"
	~ save, preserve	to keep up and reserve for personal or special use.; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"
v. (change)	3. reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate	bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one.; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
	~ alter, change, modify	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	~ see the light, straighten out, reform	change for the better.; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
	~ moralise, moralize	improve the morals of.
v. (change)	4. reclaim	make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state.; "The people reclaimed the marshes"
	~ convert	change the nature, purpose, or function of something.; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"
v. (change)	5. domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame	overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
	~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
	~ alter, change, modify	cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	~ break in, break	make submissive, obedient, or useful.; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern"
	~ domesticate, tame	make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans.; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"