The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rehabilitate \Re`ha*bil"i*tate\ (r?`h?*b?l"?*t?t), v. t. [imp. &
   p. p. Rehabilitated (-t?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n.
   Rehabilitating.] [Pref. re- re- + habilitate: cf. LL.
   rehabilitare, F. r['e]habiliter.]
   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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Restoring and rehabilitating the party.  --Burke.
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