adj
Meaning 1
Tending to rehabilitate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rehabilitative
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: R IY2 HH AH0 B IH1 L AH0 T EY2 T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: R IY2 AH0 B IH1 L AH0 T EY2 T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
For the purpose of rehabilitation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
designed to accomplish rehabilitation- J.B.Costello
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- from a penal to a rehabilitative philosophy
- rehabilitative treatment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: punitive
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
helping to restore to good condition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- reconstructive surgery
- rehabilitative exercises
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reconstructive
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English rehabilitate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English rehabilitative From rehabilitate + -ive.