rehabilitate

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  1. transitive verb To restore to good health or useful life, as through therapy and education.
  2. transitive verb To restore to good condition, operation, or capacity.
  3. transitive verb To reinstate the good name of.
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  • First of all I don ` t think rehabilitate is a fitting word. —  independent.com stories
  • Alex Rodriguez will have surgery Monday to remove a cyst on his right hip and will probably require 10 weeks to rehabilitate, according to ESPN Deportes. —  NYT > Home Page
  • The center strives to rescue, rehabilitate, and release native wildlife that has been harmed or displaced; to treat and place certain needy domestic, exotic and farm animals; and to educate the public toward coexistence with animals. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • Big Dogs Huge Paws is a non-profit organization formed in order to rescue, rehabilitate, and re-home unwanted giant breed dogs that have been mistreated, neglected, abused and / or abandoned in Kansas and surrounding states. —  Derby Reporter Homepage RSS
  • As he struggles to rehabilitate, he is plagued by the possible consequences of his own weakness. —  The Stage / News Headlines
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rehabilitate:   rehabilitating ·  rehabilitated
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Medieval Latin rehabilitāre, rehabilitāt-, to restore to a former rank : Latin re-, re- + Late Latin habilitāre, to enable; see habilitate.

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  1. from Middle Latin rehabilitatus, past participle of rehabilitare (later Italian riabilitare =Spanish Portuguese rehabilitar =Old French rehabiliter, French réhabiliter), restore, from re-, again, + habilitare, habilitate: see habilitate.
 

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/rihəˈbɪlɪteɪt/
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