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rusticate
verb rusticated, rusticating
    intr
    1a. To live or go to live in the country;
    1b. To send someone to live in the country.
    (Brit)
    2. To suspend (a student) temporarily from college or university because of some wrongdoing.
    3a. To give (masonry) a rough surface, and usually sunken or chamfered joints;
    3b. To build in rustic masonry.
    4. To make something rustic or rural in style.
Derivative: rusticated
adj
    Derivative: rustication
    noun
      Etymology: 15c: from Latin rusticari, rusticatus to live in the country, from rus country.



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