rusticate

verb

rus·ti·cate ˈrə-sti-ˌkāt

rusticated; rusticating

: to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life

chiefly British : to suspend from school or college

: to build or face with usually rough-surfaced masonry blocks having beveled or rebated edges producing pronounced joints

a rusticated facade

: to compel to reside in the country

: to cause to become rustic : implant rustic mannerisms in

rustication

ˌrə-sti-ˈkā-shən

noun

rusticator

ˈrə-sti-ˌkā-tər

noun

Examples of rusticate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Believed by Native Americans to have healing powers, our springs were once part of a 19th-century health spa, attracting Manhattanites who traveled here to rusticate and take in the waters as a tonic for city life. —

Francine Maroukian, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2018

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