rusticate

(rustə kāt′)

intransitive verb rusticated, rusticating

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

Origin: < 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

Related Forms:

See rusticate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb rus·ti·cat·ed, rus·ti·cat·ing, rus·ti·cates
verb, intransitive
To go to or live in the country.
verb, transitive
  1. To send to the country.
  2. Chiefly British To suspend (a student) from a university.
  3. To cut or shape (masonry blocks) so as to create a bold textured look, often by beveling the edges to form deep-set joints while leaving the central face rough-hewn or carved with various pointed or channeled patterns.

Origin:

Origin: Latin rūsticārī, rūsticāt-

Origin: , from rūsticus, rustic; see rustic

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Related Forms:

  • rusˌti·caˈtion noun
  • rusˈti·caˌtor noun

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