re-enablementn.
/riːᵻnˈeɪblm(ə)nt/, /riːɛnˈeɪblm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌriᵻˈneɪbəlm(ə)nt/, /ˌriɛˈneɪbəlm(ə)nt/ The fact or process of rendering able, competent, or powerful again.
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1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia i. Ep. Ded. sig. A 4v The propitiating of Almighty God, towards Your reinablement to afford them all..succors.
1974 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 25 356 A beneficial change of emphasis from the traditional good bed nursing..of sick old persons until they died to a policy of re-enablement and rehabilitation.
2006 Leprosy Rev. (Nexis) 77 317 A workshop on the re-enablement of the neurologically impaired hand was held at Green Pastures Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1648- to hang on to something by one's fingernails
- to hang on to something by one's fingertips
- to hang on, upon, of a person's sleeve
- to hang on, upon, of sleeve
- to hang one on
- to hang one's ears
- to hang one's hat
- to hang one's hat on
- to hang out
- to hang out bushes
- to hang out false colours
- to have come a long way
- to have come down in the last shower
- to have common
- to have company
- to have compassion
- to have compassion of
- to have concourse
- to have confidence to do
- to have course
- to have dear, hold dear
- to have deli
- to have deliberation
- to have delight
- to have designs on