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Webster 1913 Edition


Rehabilitate

Reˊha-bil′i-tate

(r?ˊh?-b?l′?-t?t)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rehabilitated
(-t?ˊt?d)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Rehabilitating
.]
[Pref.
re-
re- +
habilitate
: cf. LL.
rehabilitare
, F.
réhabiliter
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rehabilitate

REHABIL'ITATE

, v.t.
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 the civil and canon law.

Definition 2024


rehabilitate

rehabilitate

English

Verb

rehabilitate (third-person singular simple present rehabilitates, present participle rehabilitating, simple past and past participle rehabilitated)

  1. (transitive) To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc. [from 16th c.]
  2. (transitive) To vindicate; to restore the reputation or image of (a person, concept etc.). [from 18th c.]
  3. (transitive) To return (something) to its original condition. [from 19th c.]
  4. (transitive, Canada, US) To restore or repair (a vehicle, building); to make habitable or usable again. [from 19th c.]
  5. (transitive) To restore to (a criminal etc.) the necessary training and education to allow for a successful reintegration into society; to retrain. [from 19th c.]
  6. (transitive) To return (someone) to good health after illness, addiction etc. [from 19th c.]
  7. (intransitive) To go through such a process; to recover. [from 20th c.]

Translations

Quotations

  • I turned over the piece of paper, and there, there on the other side, in the middle of the other side, away from everything else on the other side, in parenthesis, capital letters, quotated, read the following words:
(“KID, HAVE YOU REHABILITATED YOURSELF?”)
Arlo Guthrie, Alice's Restaurant, 1967

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