revendicate

English

Etymology

Compare French revendiquer. Doublet of revenge.

Verb

revendicate (third-person singular simple present revendicates, present participle revendicating, simple past and past participle revendicated)

1. (transitive) To reclaim
2. to demand the restoration of.

Related terms

• revendication

References

• “revendicate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.