Etymology

reclamatory

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Today it means: Pertaining to reclamation or reclaiming of land (that was underwater or unusable). Full definition →

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The story

Equivalent to reclaim (“return land to a suitable condition for use; claim back, repossess; return someone to a proper course of action, reform; cry out in opposition or contradiction”) + -atory. Compare exclamatory, declamatory.

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