rusticating

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rusticating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rusticate \Rus"ti*cate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rusticated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Rusticating.] [L. rusticaticus, p. p. of
     rusticari to rusticate. See Rustic.]
     To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize. --Pope.
     [1913 Webster]