Category:Rehabilitate

Re`ha*bil"i*tate (r`h*bl"*tt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rehabilitated (- T`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Rehabilitating.] Etym: [pref. re- re- + Habilitate: cf. Ll. rehabilitare, f. réhabiliter.]

Defn: 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. Restoring and rehabilitating the party. Burke.