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. réhabiliter.] 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.
Re`ha*bil`i*ta"tion (-t?"sh?n), n. [Cf. LL. rehabilitatio, F.
Réhabilitation.] The act of rehabilitating, or the state of being
rehabilitated. Bouvier. Walsh.
Re*hash" (r?*h?sh"), v. t. To hash over again; to prepare or use again;
as, to rehash old arguments.
Re*hash", n. Something hashed over, or made up from old materials.
Re*hear" (r?*h?r"), v. t. To hear again; to try a second time; as, to
rehear a cause in Chancery.
Re*hears"al (r?*h?rs"a), n. The act of rehearsing; recital; narration;
repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of
practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise. Chaucer.
In rehearsal of our Lord's Prayer.
Hooker.
Here's marvelous convenient place for our rehearsal.
Shak.
Dress rehearsal (Theater), a private preparatory performance of a
drama, opera, etc., in costume.
Re*hearse" (r?*h?rs"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rehearsed (-h?rst"); p. pr.
& vb. n. Rehearsing.] [OE. rehercen, rehersen, OF. reherser, rehercier,
to harrow over again; pref. re- re- + hercier to harrow, fr. herce a
harrow, F. herse. See Hearse.] 1. To repeat, as what has been already
said; to tell over again; to recite. Chaucer.
When the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them
before Saul.