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Definition of Rehabilitate
1. Verb. Help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute. "After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated"
2. Verb. Reinstall politically. "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime"
3. Verb. Restore to a state of good condition or operation.
Generic synonyms: Reconstruct, Restore
Derivative terms: Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitative
Derivative terms: Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitative
Definition of Rehabilitate
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Rehabilitate
1. habilitate [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES] - See also: habilitate