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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.