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Webster 1913 Edition

Rusticate

Rus′ti-cate

,
Verb.
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.

Rus′ti-cate

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rusticate

RUST'ICATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. rusticor, from rus.] To dwell or reside in the country.

RUST'ICATE

,
Verb.
T.
To compel to reside in the country; to banish from a town or college for a time.

Definition 2024

rusticate

rusticate

English

Verb

rusticate ‎(third-person singular simple present rusticates, present participle rusticating, simple past and past participle rusticated)

  1. (transitive, Britain) To suspend or expel from a college or university.
  2. (transitive) To construct in a manner so as to produce jagged or heavily textured surfaces.
  3. (transitive) To compel to live in or to send to the countryside; to cause to become rustic.
  4. (intransitive) To go to reside in the country.
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Latin

Participle

rūsticāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of rūsticātus

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