Rehabilitate

Definition of Rehabilitate

Re`ha`bil´i`tate Pronunciation: r?`h?`b?l´?`t?t

v. t.

1.

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.

[imp. & p. p. Rehabilitated (-t?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Rehabilitating.]

Restoring and rehabilitating the party.

- Burke.

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