Meaning of RUSTICATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'rustu`keyt
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- [v] lend a rustic character to; "rusticate the house in the country"
- [v] as of stone, to give it a rustic look
- [v] suspend temporarily from college or university, in England
- [v] send to the country; "He was rusticated for his bad bahavior"
- [v] live in the country and lead a rustic life
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| | Synonyms: | | send down |
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| | See Also: | | alter, ban, banish, change, cut a rebate in, debar, domicile, domiciliate, dwell, inhabit, live, people, populate, rebate, reside, shack, suspend | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Rus"ti*cate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rusticated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Rusticating}.] [L. rusticaticus, p. p. of
rusticari to rusticate. See {Rustic}.]
To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize. --Pope.
\Rus"ti*cate\, v. t.
To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or
send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.
The town is again beginning to be full, and the
rusticated beauty sees an end of her banishment.
--Idler.
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