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Rusticate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RUST'ICATE, v.i. [L. rusticor, from rus.] To dwell or reside in the country.
RUST'ICATE, v.t. To compel to reside in the country; to banish from a town or college for a time.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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 [syn: send down, rusticate]
4: give (stone) a rustic look
5: lend a rustic character to; "rusticate the house in the country"

Merriam Webster's

verb (-cated; -cating) Date: 1660 intransitive verb to go into or reside in the country ; follow a rustic life transitive verb 1. chiefly British to suspend from school or college 2. to build or face with usually rough-surfaced masonry blocks having beveled or rebated edges producing pronounced joints <a rusticated facade> 3. a. to compel to reside in the country b. to cause to become rustic ; implant rustic mannerisms in • rustication noun • rusticator noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. send down (a student) temporarily from university. 2 intr. retire to or live in the country. 3 tr. make rural. 4 tr. mark (masonry) with sunk joints or a roughened surface. Derivatives: rustication n. Etymology: L rusticari live in the country (as RUSTIC)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. Dwell or reside in the country.

Moby Thesaurus

ban, banish, blackball, cast out, cop out, countrify, cut, deport, disfellowship, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, extradite, farm, forsake the world, fugitate, go into retirement, live alone, live apart, live in retirement, ostracize, outlaw, pastoralize, proscribe, relegate, remain incommunicado, retire, send away, send down, send to Coventry, snub, spurn, stay at home, take the veil, thrust out, transport