rehabilitate
pronunciation
How to pronounce rehabilitate in British English:
UK [ˌriːəˈbɪlɪteɪt]
How to pronounce rehabilitate in American English:
US [ˌriːəˈbɪlɪteɪt]
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- Verb:
- reinstall politically
- restore to a state of good condition or operation
- help to re-adapt, as to a former state of health or good repute
Word Origin
- rehabilitate (v.)
- 1570s, "to bring back to a former condition after decay or damage," back-formation from rehabilitation and in part from Medieval Latin rehabilitatus, past participle of rehabilitare. Meaning "to restore one's reputation or character in the eyes of others" is from 1847. Related: Rehabilitated; rehabilitating.
Example
- 1. It will take years for our economy to rehabilitate itself .
- 2. Efforts are made to ease their suffering and to rehabilitate them .
- 3. Objective 2 : vulnerable families have means ( both skills and resources ) , to rehabilitate their livelihoods .
- 4. Finally , the scientific community has to rehabilitate itself .
- 5. Jackson had been engineering a come-back tour , an effort to rehabilitate his public image and bolster his tottering finances .