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RUSTICATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lend a rustic character to

Example:

rusticate the house in the country

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "rusticate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

rustication (the construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner)

rustication (the condition naturally attaching to life in the country)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give (stone) a rustic look

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "rusticate" is one way to...):

rebate (cut a rebate in (timber or stone))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

rustication (the construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Suspend temporarily from college or university, in England

Synonyms:

rusticate; send down

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "rusticate" is one way to...):

debar; suspend (bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

rustication (temporary dismissal of a student from a university)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Send to the country

Example:

He was rusticated for his bad behavior

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "rusticate" is one way to...):

ban; banish (ban from a place of residence, as for punishment)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

rustication (banishment into the country)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Live in the country and lead a rustic life

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "rusticate" is one way to...):

domicile; domiciliate; reside; shack (make one's home in a particular place or community)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

rustic (an unsophisticated country person)

rustication (the action of retiring to and living in the country)

rustication (the condition naturally attaching to life in the country)

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