Reiterate vs Reclaim - What's the difference?
reiterate | reclaim |
To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.
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* Shakespeare
to say or do (something) repeatedly
* Milton
(senseid)To return land to a suitable condition for use.
To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.
To return someone to a proper course of action, or correct an error; to reform.
* Milton
* Rogers
* Sir E. Hoby
To claim something back; to repossess.
To tame or domesticate a wild animal.
* Dryden
To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
* Dryden
To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
* Waterland
* Bain
(obsolete, rare) To draw back; to give way.
(obsolete, falconry) The calling back of a hawk.
(obsolete) The bringing back or recalling of a person; the fetching of someone back.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.x:
An effort to take something back, to reclaim something.
In lang=en terms the difference between reiterate and reclaim
is that reiterate is to say or do (something) repeatedly while reclaim is to tame or domesticate a wild animal.As verbs the difference between reiterate and reclaim
is that reiterate is to say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis while reclaim is (senseid)to return land to a suitable condition for use.As an adjective reiterate
is reiterated; repeated.As a noun reclaim is
(obsolete|falconry) the calling back of a hawk.reiterate
English
Verb
(reiterat)- Let me reiterate my opinion.
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- You never spoke what did become you less / Than this; which to reiterate were sin.
- That with reiterated crimes he might / Heap on himself damnation.
Usage notes
Although iterate'' and ''reiterate''''' are similar, ''iterate'' indicates that the action is performed for each of a set of items, while '''''reiterate indicates a more general repetition.Synonyms
* repeatreclaim
English
Verb
(en verb)- They, hardened more by what might most reclaim , / Grieving to see his glory took envy.
- It is the intention of Providence, in all the various expressions of his goodness, to reclaim mankind.
- Your error, in time reclaimed , will be venial.
- an eagle well reclaimed
- The headstrong horses hurried Octavius along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them.
- Scripture reclaims', and the whole Catholic church ' reclaims , and Christian ears would not hear it.
- At a later period Grote reclaimed strongly against Mill's setting Whately above Hamilton.
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- (Spenser)
Noun
(en noun)- The louing couple need no reskew feare, / But leasure had, and libertie to frame / Their purpost flight, free from all mens reclame [...].