intransitive verb rusticated -·cat′ed, rusticating -·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