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Definitions for rusticate
ˈrʌs tɪˌkeɪtrus·ti·cate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rusticateverb

    live in the country and lead a rustic life

  2. rusticateverb

    send to the country

    "He was rusticated for his bad behavior"

  3. send down, rusticateverb

    suspend temporarily from college or university, in England

  4. rusticateverb

    give (stone) a rustic look

  5. rusticateverb

    lend a rustic character to

    "rusticate the house in the country"

Wiktionary

  1. rusticateverb

    To suspend or expel from a college or university.

  2. rusticateverb

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

  3. rusticateverb

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

  4. rusticateverb

    To go to reside in the country.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Rusticateverb

    To banish into the country.

    I was deeply in love with a milliner, upon which I was sent away, or, in the university phrase, rusticated for ever. Spect.

  2. To Rusticateverb

    To reside in the country.

    Etymology: rusticor, Latin.

    My lady Scudamore, from having rusticated in your company too long, pretends to open her eyes for the sake of seeing the sun, and to sleep because it is night. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPT

  1. rusticate

    To rusticate is a verb which has two primary meanings: 1) In architecture, to rusticate means to give a rustic appearance to something, often by finishing masonry in large blocks with sunk joints and a roughened surface. 2) More broadly, it can mean to send someone away from their usual surroundings for a period of time, often as a form of punishment or to encourage a change in behavior. It is commonly used in the context of a student being temporarily dismissed from a university or school. Rusticate can also mean to live or stay in the countryside rather than in a city, often in a simpler, more traditional or relaxed style of living.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rusticateverb

    to go into or reside in the country; to ruralize

  2. Rusticateverb

    to require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on

  3. Etymology: [L. rusticaticus, p. p. of rusticari to rusticate. See Rustic.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rusticate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rusticate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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  • ريفيArabic
  • žít na venkověCzech
  • aufs Land ziehen, exmatrikulieren, zwangsexmatrikulierenGerman
  • rusticarSpanish
  • روستایی کردنPersian
  • renvoyer temporairementFrench
  • दंडस्वरूप निष्कासित करनाHindi
  • زنگ آلودUrdu

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