English Dictionary: Rusticate | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Rusticate | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rusticate \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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rusticate \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. |