rusticate

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"

English

Verb

1. To suspend or expel from a college or university.
2. To construct in a manner so as to produce jagged or heavily textured surfaces.
3. To compel to live in or to send to the countryside; to cause to become rustic.
4. To go to reside in the country.

Related terms

• rustication
• rusticator

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