RUSTICATE

rusticate

(verb) lend a rustic character to; “rusticate the house in the country”

rusticate

(verb) give (stone) a rustic look

rusticate

(verb) send to the country; “He was rusticated for his bad behavior”

rusticate

(verb) live in the country and lead a rustic life

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

rusticate (third-person singular simple present rusticates, present participle rusticating, simple past and past participle rusticated)

(transitive, British) To suspend or expel from a college or university.

(transitive) To construct in a manner so as to produce jagged or heavily textured surfaces.

(transitive) To compel to live in or to send to the countryside; to cause to become rustic.

(intransitive) To go to reside in the country.

Anagrams

• urticates

Source: Wiktionary

Rus"ti*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rusticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Rusticating.] Etym: [L. rusticaticus, p. p. of rusticari to rusticate. See Rustic.]

Definition: To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize. Pope.

Rus"ti*cate, v. t.

Definition: To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on. The town is again beginning to be full, and the rusticated beauty sees an end of her banishment. Idler.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition