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English Dictionary: Rusticate by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Rusticate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rusticate
v
  1. live in the country and lead a rustic life
  2. send to the country; "He was rusticated for his bad behavior"
  3. suspend temporarily from college or university, in England
    Synonym(s): send down, rusticate
  4. give (stone) a rustic look
  5. lend a rustic character to; "rusticate the house in the country"
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.
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