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rusticate


  3  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rusticate 
  v  1:  live  in  the  country  and  lead  a  rustic  life 
  2:  send  to  the  country;  "He  was  rusticated  for  his  bad 
  bahavior" 
  3:  suspend  temporarily  from  college  or  university,  in  England 
  [syn:  {send  down}] 
  4:  as  of  stone,  to  give  it  a  rustic  look 
  5:  lend  a  rustic  character  to  "rusticate  the  house  in  the 
  country" 




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