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Verb: rusticate  'rús-ti,keyt
  1. Live in the country and lead a rustic life
     
  2. Send to the country
    "He was rusticated for his bad behaviour"
     
  3. Suspend temporarily from college or university, in England
    - send down [Brit]
     
  4. Give (stone) a rustic look
     
  5. Lend a rustic character to
    "rusticate the house in the country"

Derived forms: rusticated, rusticating, rusticates

Type of: alter, ban, banish, blackball, cast out, change, debar, domicil [rare], domicile, domiciliate, modify, ostracise [Brit], ostracize, rebate, reside, shack, shun, suspend