Definition of Reëducate

1. Verb. To educate or teach again, especially in order to remove bad practices. ¹

2. Verb. To rehabilitate. ¹

3. Verb. (alternative form of reeducate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reëducate

1. educate [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES] - See also: educate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reëducate

reedition
reeditions
reedits
reedless
reedlike
reedling
reedlings
reedmace
reedmaces
reedman
reedmen
reedmergnerite
reeds
reedstop
reedstops
reeducate
reeducated
reeducates
reeducating
reeducation
reeducations
reeducative
reeducator
reeducators
reedwork
reedy
reedy nail
reef
reef-band
reef-bands

Literary usage of Reëducate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"... it is now considered that it is the duty of the government to equip and reeducate the wounded man, after healing his wounds, and to return him to civil ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1897)
"Sackville [qv], invited Roger Ascham to | But in 1700, after tedious litigation, a reeducate Robert with his own son (ASCHAM, t duced rent charge of ..."

3. Bulletin by Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States (1917)
"The purpose of occupational therapy is far deeper than to fill waste time, develop mental habits, or functionally reeducate muscles and joints. ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"He was taken to a local army hospital where he remained four months, during which time efforts were made to reeducate him. He had formerly been a bookkeeper ..."

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