rusticate

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RUST'ICATE, verb intransitive [Latin rusticor, from rus.] To dwell or reside in the country. RUST'ICATE, verb transitive To compel to reside in the country; to banish from a town or college for a time.
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