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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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