rusticate verb. ['rʌstɪkeɪt] L15.
[Latin rusticat- pa. ppl stem of rusticari live in the country, from rusticus RUSTIC: see -ATE³.]
1. a. verb trans. Imbue with rural ways or practices; countrify. L15.
b. verb intrans. Go to, live in, or spend time in the country; adopt rural ways or practices. M17.
■ C. Keene I..heard..you were going to rusticate on some riverside.

2. verb trans.
a. Send down or dismiss (a student) temporarily from a university as a punishment. E18.
■ Harper Lee I was rusticated for..painting the college pump scarlet.
b. Send to or settle in the country. M18.

3. verb trans. Roughen the surface of (masonry, pottery, etc.); make rustic in appearance or style; Architecture fashion or form (masonry) by rustication. E18.

■ rusticater, rusticator noun L19.

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