[rus.ti.cate] vb -cat.ed ; -cat.ing vi (1660): to go into or reside in the country: follow a rustic life ~ vt 1 chiefly Brit: to suspend from school or college
2: to build or face with usu. rough-surfaced masonry blocks having beveled or rebated edges producing pronounced joints "a rusticated facade" 3 a: to compel to reside in the country b: to cause to become rustic: implant rustic mannerisms in -- rus.ti.ca.tion n -- rus.ti.ca.tor n