rusticate

(rus′tə kāt′)

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

transitive verb

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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

To send to the country.
Chiefly British To suspend (a student) from a university.
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.

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Origin: Latin rūsticārī, rūsticāt-

Origin: , from rūsticus, rustic; see rustic

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