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Rehabilitate

Rehabilitate Meaning & Definition
Rehabilitate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rehabilitate?

[v] help to re-adapt, as to a former state of health or good repute; "The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated"; "After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated"
[v] restore to a state of good condition or operation
[v] reinstall politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime"

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See Also | reconstruct | reinstate | restore

Rehabilitate In Webster's Dictionary

\Re`ha*bil"i*tate\ (r?`h?*b?l"?*t?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rehabilitated} (-t?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rehabilitating}.] [Pref. re- re- + habilitate: cf. LL. rehabilitare, F. r['e]habiliter.] To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; -- a term of civil and canon law. Restoring and rehabilitating the party. --Burke.

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