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re·ha·bil·i·tate
(rē′hə-bĭl′ĭ-tāt′)tr.v. re·ha·bil·i·tat·ed, re·ha·bil·i·tat·ing, re·ha·bil·i·tates
1. To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education: rehabilitate a patient; rehabilitate a prison inmate.
2. To restore to good condition: rehabilitate a storefront; rehabilitate the economy.
3. To cause to be regarded again in a positive way; reestablish esteem for: rehabilitate a reputation; rehabilitate a forgotten poet.
4. To restore the former rank, privileges, or rights of: Under the new regime, party members who had been sent to prison were rehabilitated.
[Medieval Latin rehabilitāre, rehabilitāt-, to restore to a former rank : Latin re-, re- + Late Latin habilitāre, to enable; see habilitate.]
re′ha·bil′i·tat′a·ble adj.
re′ha·bil′i·ta′tion n.
re′ha·bil′i·ta′tive adj.
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rehabilitate
(ˌriːəˈbɪlɪˌteɪt)vb (tr)
1. (Social Welfare) to help (a person who has acquired a disability or addiction or who has just been released from prison) to readapt to society or a new job, as by vocational guidance, retraining, or therapy
2. to restore to a former position or rank
3. to restore the good reputation of
[C16: from Medieval Latin rehabilitāre to restore, from re- + Latin habilitās skill, ability]
ˌrehaˈbilitative adj
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re•ha•bil•i•tate
(ˌri həˈbɪl ɪˌteɪt, ˌri ə-)v.t. -tat•ed, -tat•ing.
1. to restore or bring to a condition of good health, ability to work, or productive activity.
2. to restore to good condition, operation, or management.
3. to reestablish the good reputation of.
4. to restore formally to former capacity, standing, rank, rights, or privileges.
[1570–80; < Medieval Latin rehabilitātus, past participle of rehabilitāre]
re`ha•bil`i•ta′tion, n.
re`ha•bil′i•ta`tive, adj.
re`ha•bil′i•ta`tor, n.
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rehabilitate
Past participle: rehabilitated
Gerund: rehabilitating
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Verb | 1. | rehabilitate - 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" restore, reconstruct - return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition" |
2. | rehabilitate - reinstall politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime" reinstate - restore to the previous state or rank purge - oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime" | |
3. | rehabilitate - restore to a state of good condition or operation restore, reconstruct - return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition" |
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rehabilitate
verb
1. reintegrate, retrain, restore to health, readapt Considerable efforts have been made to rehabilitate patients.
2. reinstate, restore, re-establish, reinstall, forgive, bring back, pardon, exonerate, absolve, exculpate Ten years later, Dreyfus was rehabilitated.
3. restore, develop, convert, renew, adjust, rebuild, upgrade, make good, overhaul, revamp, mend, refurbish, renovate, reconstruct, reinstate, re-establish, make over, refit, fix up (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), modernize, reconstitute, redecorate, recondition, reinvigorate a program for rehabilitating low-income housing
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rehabilitate
verbTo bring back to a previous normal condition:
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Translations
يُعيد تأهيل
převychovatrehabilitovat
rehabilitere
rehabilitál
endurhæfa
reabilitacijareabilituoti
labotpāraudzināt
prevychovaťrehabilitovať
normal yaşama döndürmek
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rehabilitate
[ˌriːhəˈbɪlɪteɪt] vt [+ offender] → réinsérer
[+ drug addict, alcoholic] → désintoxiquer
[+ patient] → rééduquer
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rehabilitate
vt
refugee, troops, the disabled → (in die Gesellschaft) eingliedern; ex-criminal also → rehabilitieren; drug addict, alcoholic → therapieren
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rehabilitate
(riːəˈbiliteit) verb to bring (a criminal or someone who has been ill) back to a normal life, normal standards of behaviour etc by treatment or training.
ˈrehaˌbiliˈtation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
rehabilitate
v. rehabilitar, ayudar a recobrar funciones normales por medio de métodos terapéuticos.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
rehabilitate
vt rehabilitar; to become rehabilitated rehabilitarseEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.