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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (5)

1. live in the country and lead a rustic life;

2. send to the country;
- Example: "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;
- 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"