Rehabilitate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Rehabilitate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rehabilitate v help to readapt, 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" reinstall politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime" Antonym(s): purge restore to a state of good condition or operation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rehabilitate \Re`habil"itate\ (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[82]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.