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[syn: send down, rusticate]
4. give (stone) a rustic look;
5. lend a rustic character to;
- Example: "rusticate the house in the country"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
The town is again beginning to be full, and the
rusticated beauty sees an end of her banishment.
--Idler.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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
[syn: send down, rusticate]
4: give (stone) a rustic look
5: lend a rustic character to; "rusticate the house in the
country"