rehabilitate
verb (used with object)
to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
has rehabilitated
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present perfectof rehabilitate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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She’s the latest patient to graduate from the Long Beach aquarium, which has rehabilitated sea turtles for more than 25 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
In the years since, Murray has rehabilitated his BBC career, returning to present various shows on 5 Live and expanding to become the host of Channel 4's long-running word show, Countdown.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
History has rehabilitated Oppenheimer as a tragic moral actor, with director Christopher Nolan of Inception and Interstellar fame recently announcing the production of an Oppenheimer biopic.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 2, 2022
For the past eight weeks, as Wall has rehabilitated from left knee surgery, many of the core starters have played extra minutes and taken on additional roles to compensate for his absence.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2018
This view of the Epistles has rehabilitated some of them, which were regarded as spurious by the Tübingen school and their successors.
From Outspoken Essays by William Ralph Inge
