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rehabilitate, v.|riːhəˈbɪlɪteɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of med.L. rehabilitāre; see re- and habilitate v., and cf. F. réhabiliter (16th c.; earlier reabiliter).]
1. a. trans. To restore by formal act or declaration (one degraded or attainted) to former privileges, rank, and possessions; to re-establish (one's good name or memory) by authoritative pronouncement. (In early use only Sc.)
1580–1Reg. Privy Council Scot. III. 358 Oure Soverane Lord..rehabilitattis and restoris the said Robert..to his gude fame. 1586–7Ibid. IV. 154 Ay and quhill the said James, sumtyme archiebischop of Glasgow, be fullelie restorit and rehabilitat be oure said Soverane Lord. 1633Sc. Acts Chas. I (1814) V. 56/2 His Majestie..hes rehabilitat the said francis [sometime Earl of Bothwell] his airs and successors againes the act of dishabilitatioun. 1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v. Rehabilitation, The king alone can rehabilitate an officer noted, condemned, and degraded; or a gentleman who has derogated from his rank. 1796Seward Anecdotes III. 26 Pope Calixtus the Third..rehabilitated her memory, declaring her, by a Bull, a martyr to her religion. 1852C. M. Yonge Cameos (1877) II. xxxvi. 385 Not only was her name publickly rehabilitated, but the records of the examinations in the archives of France guard her memory for ever. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xvii. 563 Edward I again seems to have considered that the judges..were rehabilitated by the payment of a fine.
b. To re-establish the character or reputation of (a person or thing); to clear from unfounded accusations or misrepresentations.
1847Blackw. Mag. LXII. 354 We pass on..to the chief hero of these peasant wars, whom Mrs. Percy Sinnett under⁓takes, in the French phrase, to rehabilitate—in other words, to wash a little white. 1862Lady Morgan's Mem. II. 172 Whilst Lady Morgan was rehabilitating the name and character of a man of genius. 1876F. Harrison Choice Bks. (1886) 396 A great many of these histories are written..to puff up, or, as it is now the fashion to call it, to ‘rehabilitate’ a bad man.
refl.1869Latest News 26 Sept. 9 He hoped to rehabilitate himself; and, if he should ever return here, to continue the fight. 1873Pater Stud. Hist. Renaiss. ii. 19 The older gods had rehabilitated themselves, and men's allegiance was divided.
2. To replace in a previous state.
c1691Sir G. Mackenzie Virtuoso xiii. Wks. 1716 I. 66 Why may we not say, that Man, if he were rehabilitated in the former State of pure Nature, might..foresee and prophesy? 1731Hist. Litteraria III. 253 This rehabilitates Dr. Boerhaave in his Name, and Honours.
3. a. To restore to a previous condition; to set up again in proper condition.
1845Carlyle Cromwell (1871) II. 226 The unwearied Lord Lieutenant..has been rehabilitating Courts of Justice in Dublin. 1855Bailey Mystic 23 The fused orb rehabilitated rolls As heretofore upon its cœlar path. 1859Ellicott Comm. Gal. Pref. (ed. 2) 15 The very admirable work of Winer has completely rehabilitated the subject. 1875Helps Soc. Press. vii. 96 That dear boy George Smith had rehabilitated me.
b. To restore (a disabled person, a criminal, etc.) to some degree of normal life by appropriate training.
1944New Statesman 27 May 353/1, I think Dr. Rogerson's Patient would have had a very different outlook, had he been properly Rehabilitated. 1951Times 20 Feb. 4/4 As soon as the wounded were rehabilitated they trained the new men, because of their valuable experience. 1968Listener 19 Dec. 816/1 They want to rehabilitate us, but we think it is the rehabilitation officers who need rehabilitating, not us. 1978Lancashire Life 51/1 The emphasis today is to rehabilitate old folk to enable them to remain active for as long as possible.
c. absol. for refl. To return from military to civilian status or purpose.
1945Daily Tel. 29 June 4/3 Such assistance will be a precious aid to the first victims of the Axis—a people of 15,000,000 struggling to rehabilitate and develop, despite the grievous loss produced by the systematic murder by the Italians of the trained personnel and educated youth.
Hence rehaˈbilitated ppl. a., rehaˈbilitating, vbl. n.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. i. i, Thither may the wrecks of re-habilitated Loyalty gather, if it will become Constitutional. 1843Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 264 For three days his satisfaction over the rehabilitated house lasted. 1924Glasgow Herald 18 Mar. 6/3 The rehabilitating of Austria was carried a stage further. |