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rusticate Definition

rus·ti·cate (rustə kāt′)

intransitive verb -·cat′ed, -·cat′·ing

  1. to go to the country
  2. to live or stay in the country; lead a rural life

Etymology: < L rusticatus, pp. of L rusticari, to rusticate < rusticus: see rustic

transitive verb

  1. to send to, or cause to live or stay in, the country
  2. Brit. to suspend (a student) temporarily from a university
  3. to make (a person, etc.) rustic
  4. to make or finish (masonry) in the rustic style

rusticate Related Forms

rus′·ti·ca·tion noun rus·ti·ca′·tor noun

rusticate Usage Examples

Object

  • quoin: At the corners of the building are rusticated quoins.
  • floor: A rusticated ground floor on a molded plinth supports an upper floor articulated by pilasters.
  • stonework: It is 11 bays wide, with a ground floor of rusticated stonework.
  • stone: Here a round arched doorway with rusticated stone surround.
  • base: Of the present, 1801 building, the upper floors, united by giant Tuscan pilasters, sit on a rusticated base.
  • basement: The wings are in three stories, in addition to a rusticated basement, which show uniformly grated windows.

Browse dictionary entries near rusticate

  1. rustical
  2. rustic
  3. rust-colored
  4. Rust Belt
  5. rust
  6. Russophile
  7. Russo-
  8. Russki
  9. Russify
  10. Russianize
  1. Rustin
  2. rustle
  3. rustle up
  4. rustler
  5. rustling
  6. rustproof
  7. rusty
  8. rut
  9. rutabaga
  10. ruth