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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Rehabilitate

/(r?`h?*b?l"?*t?t)/ · Re·ha·bil·i·tate · IPA /ɹiː(h)əˈbɪlɪteɪt/
01 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 resto…
imp. & p. p. Rehabilitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Rehabilitating
  1. 1.
    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.