资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         Restoring and rehabilitating the party.  --Burke.