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rusticate
rus·ti·cate / ˈrəstiˌkāt/ • v. 1. [intr.] go to, live in, or spend time in the country. 2. [tr.] fashion (masonry) in large blocks with sunk joints and a roughened surface: [as adj.] (rusticated) the stable block was built of rusticated stone. 3. [tr.] Brit. suspend (a student) from a university as a punishment (used chiefly at Oxford and Cambridge). DERIVATIVES: rus·ti·ca·tion / ˌrəstiˈkāshən/ n. |
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"rusticate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "rusticate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-rusticate.html "rusticate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-rusticate.html |
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rusticate suspend a student from a university as a punishment (used chiefly at Oxford and Cambridge). Recorded from the late 15th century (in the sense ‘countrify’ the word comes from Latin rusticat- ‘(having) lived in the country’.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "rusticate." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "rusticate." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-rusticate.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "rusticate." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-rusticate.html |
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rusticate •defalcate • demarcate • cheapskate
•eradicate • abdicate
•dedicate, medicate, predicate
•indicate, syndicate, vindicate
•adjudicate • defecate
•certificate, pontificate
•confiscate • replicate • explicate
•spifflicate • triplicate • implicate
•complicate
•duplicate, quadruplicate, quintuplicate
•supplicate • fornicate
•communicate, excommunicate, intercommunicate, tunicate
•divaricate, prevaricate
•fabricate • deprecate • metricate
•extricate
•lubricate, rubricate
•desiccate • intoxicate • masticate
•authenticate • domesticate
•sophisticate • prognosticate
•rusticate • hypothecate • manducate
•educate • obfuscate • inculcate
•bifurcate • suffocate • allocate
•dislocate • reciprocate • coruscate
•altercate • advocate • equivocate
•furcate
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"rusticate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "rusticate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-rusticate.html "rusticate." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-rusticate.html |
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