rehabilitate

  • 11rehabilitate — re·ha·bil·i·tate .rē (h)ə bil ə .tāt vt, tat·ed; tat·ing to restore or bring to a condition of health or useful and constructive activity <rehabilitate patients with hip fractures> …

    Medical dictionary

  • 12rehabilitate — verb Rehabilitate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑injury, ↑prisoner …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 13rehabilitate — re|ha|bil|i|tate [ˌri:həˈbılıteıt] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Medieval Latin; Origin: , past participle of rehabilitare, from Latin habilitas ability ] 1.) to help someone to live a healthy, useful, or active life again after they have been… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14rehabilitate — verb 1) efforts to rehabilitate patients Syn: restore to normality, reintegrate, readapt; informal rehab 2) former dissidents were rehabilitated Syn: reinstate, restore, bring back; pardon, absolve, exonerate, forgive; formal e …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 15rehabilitate — rehabilitation, n. rehabilitative, adj. rehabilitator, n. /ree heuh bil i tayt , ree euh /, v., rehabilitated, rehabilitating. v.t. 1. to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like. 2. to restore to good condition,… …

    Universalium

  • 16rehabilitate — verb /ɹiː(h)əˈbɪlɪteɪt/ a) To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc. b) To vindicate; to restore the reputation or image of (a person, concept etc.) …

    Wiktionary

  • 17rehabilitate — Synonyms and related words: account for, change, clear, cry sour grapes, destigmatize, do justice to, exculpate, explain, fix up, give back, justify, place in, purge, put back, rationalize, reactivate, rebuild, reclaim, recondition, reconstitute …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 18rehabilitate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. restore, reinstate, reestablish. See restoration. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. restore, reestablish, recondition, reeducate; see improve 1 , reform 1 , 2 , renew 1 , restore 3 . III (Roget s 3… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 19rehabilitate —   …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 20rehabilitate — re·ha·bil·i·tate || ‚rɪːə bɪlɪteɪt v. restore to good health or condition; clear a name, restore a person s good reputation …

    English contemporary dictionary