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To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize.

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  1. v. i. To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize.
  2. v. t. To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.
  3. v. live in the country and lead a rustic life
  4. v. send to the country
  5. v. suspend temporarily from college or university, in England
  6. v. give (stone) a rustic look
  7. v. lend a rustic character to
  8. To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize. Pope. To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on. The town is again beginning to be full, and the rusticated beauty sees an end of her banishment. Idler.
  9. To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize. Pope.
  10. v. live in the country and lead a rustic life v. send to the country v. give (stone) a rustic look