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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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Restoring and rehabilitating the party. --Burke.
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