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Word: Rusticate
Speech Type: Verb
early 16th century (as adjective, in the sense ‘countrified’): from Latin rusticat- ‘(having) lived in the country’, from the verb rusticari, from rusticus (see rustic)
ˈrʌstɪkeɪt
suspend (a student) from a university as a punishment (used especially at Oxford and Cambridge)
Short Definition:suspend student from university as punishment
Examples:- Shelley was rusticated for co-writing an atheistic pamphlet
- the court revoked the university's decision to rusticate three students
go to, live in, or spend time in the country
Short Definition:go to, live in, or spend time in country
Examples:- a place to rusticate while other people made the decisions
fashion (masonry) in large blocks with sunk joints and a roughened surface
Short Definition:fashion masonry in large blocks with sunk joints
Examples:- the stable block was built of rusticated stone
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