Rusticate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To go to or live in the country.
  • v. To send to the country.
  • v. Chiefly British To suspend (a student) from a university.
  • v. To cut or shape (masonry blocks) so as to create a bold textured look, often by beveling the edges to form deep-set joints while leaving the central face rough-hewn or carved with various pointed or channeled patterns.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. (UK) To suspend or expel from a college or university.
  • v. To construct in a manner so as to produce jagged or heavily textured surfaces.
  • v. To compel to live in or to send to the countryside; to cause to become rustic.
  • v. To go to reside in the country.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize.
  • v. To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To dwell or reside in the country.
  • To send to the country; induce or (especially) compel to reside in the country; specifically, to suspend from studies at a college or university and send away for a time by way of punishment. See rustication.
  • In masonry, to form into rustic work.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. give (stone) a rustic look
  • v. lend a rustic character to
  • v. suspend temporarily from college or university, in England
  • v. send to the country
  • v. live in the country and lead a rustic life
    • Verb Form
    rusticated    rusticates    rusticating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rebate    change    modify    alter    suspend   
    Cross Reference
    countrify   
    Form
    rusticated    rusticating   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ruralize    retire   
     
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