Rusticate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rusticate \Rus"ti*cate\, v. 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rusticate \Rus"ti*cate\, v. t.
     To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or
     send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The town is again beginning to be full, and the
           rusticated beauty sees an end of her banishment.
                                                    --Idler.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rusticate
       v 1: live in the country and lead a rustic life
       2: send to the country; "He was rusticated for his bad
          bahavior"
       3: suspend temporarily from college or university, in England
          [syn: {send down}]
       4: as of stone, to give it a rustic look
       5: lend a rustic character to; "rusticate the house in the
          country"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "rusticate":
     ban, banish, blackball, cast out, cop out, countrify, cut, deport,
     disfellowship, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel,
     extradite, farm, forsake the world, fugitate, go into retirement,
     live alone, live apart, live in retirement, ostracize, outlaw,
     pastoralize, proscribe, relegate, remain incommunicado, retire,
     send away, send down, send to Coventry, snub, spurn, stay at home,
     take the veil, thrust out, transport