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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rehabilitate  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rehabilitate 
  v  1:  help  to  re-adapt,  as  to  a  former  state  of  health  or  good 
  repute 
  2:  restore  the  strength  or  health  of  "This  patient  is  now 
  completely  rehabilitated" 
  3:  reinstall  politically;  "Deng  Xiao  Ping  was  rehabilitated 
  several  times  throughout  his  lifetime"  [ant:  {purge}] 




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