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Definition of: rehabilitate
(rē′hə·bil′ə·tāt) v.t. ·tat·ed, ·tat·ing
1. To restore to a former state, capacity, privilege, rank, etc.; reinstate.
2. To make one capable of becoming a useful member of society again: to rehabilitate a crippled soldier. [<Med. L rehabilitatus, pp. of rehabilitare <re- back + habilitare. See HABILITATE.]
—re′ha·bil′i·ta′tion noun
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