† rehabiˈtationObs.rare. [re- 5 a.] The action of re-inhabiting. (Florio also gives ‘Rihabitare, to rehabite’.) 1611Florio, Rihabitanza, a rehabitation.1633Bp. Hall Hard Texts, O.T. lxv. 367 There shall bee a frequent rehabitation of the whole land of Israel.