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Synonyms for rusticate


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ruhs-ti-keyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌs tɪˌkeɪt

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Définition of rusticate

Origin :
  • 1650s, from Latin rusticatus, past participle of rusticarti "to live in the country" (see rustication). Related: Rusticated; rusticating.
  • As in retire : verb leave a place or responsibility
  • As in banish : verb expel from place or situation
  • As in superannuate : verb retire
Example sentences :
  • When we rusticate in the wilds we take a troop of friends along.
  • Extract from : « Johnstone of the Border » by Harold Bindloss
  • They sent her down to rusticate somewhere at the end of the season.
  • Extract from : « Guy Livingstone; » by George A. Lawrence
  • For four months the most energetic man in the Army was able to rusticate.
  • Extract from : « Sir John French » by Cecil Chisholm
  • Many Oporto families own country-houses in the Minho, and rusticate there very pleasantly for a month or two in early fall.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 » by Various
  • Murphy was dismissed in disgrace, and ordered to rusticate on board till his eye was bright.
  • Extract from : « Frank Mildmay » by Captain Frederick Marryat
  • To him the Toba valley served well enough as a place to rusticate.
  • Extract from : « The Hidden Places » by Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • "I wonder what possessed the governor to rusticate," thought Dacres as he turned away.
  • Extract from : « The Dreadnought of the Air » by Percy F. Westerman
  • He told me that he was on the look-out for a quiet, unfrequented place on the sea-shore, where he might rusticate and sketch.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 » by Various
  • No one else taking up the cudgels for poor Charles, the Master said he was afraid he must rusticate him.
  • Extract from : « Ravenshoe » by Henry Kingsley
  • The Legate orders Luitolfo to his house, and recommends the patriot to rusticate himself awhile.
  • Extract from : « The Browning Cyclopdia » by Edward Berdoe

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