different between rusticate vs oust

English

Etymology

rustic +? -ate

Verb

rusticate (third-person singular simple present rusticates, present participle rusticating, simple past and past participle rusticated)

1. (transitive, Britain) To suspend or expel from a college or university.
2. (transitive) To construct in a manner so as to produce jagged or heavily textured surfaces.
3. (transitive) To compel to live in or to send to the countryside; to cause to become rustic.
4. (intransitive) To go to reside in the country.

   "So alarming did the state of my finances become, that I soon realized that I must either leave the metropolis and rusticate somewhere in the country, or that I must make a complete alteration in my style of living." —Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet (1887)

Related terms

• rustication
• rusticator

Translations

Anagrams

• urticates

Latin

Participle

r?stic?te

1. vocative masculine singular of r?stic?tus

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman ouster, oustier, from Old French oster (modern French ôter), from post-classical Latin obstare (“to remove”), classical obst?re (“to obstruct, stand in the way of”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /a?st/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /??st/
• Rhymes: -a?st

Verb

oust (third-person singular simple present ousts, present participle ousting, simple past and past participle ousted)

1. (transitive) To expel; to remove.

   The protesters became so noisy that they were finally ousted from the meeting.

Synonyms

• banish, dismiss, eject, exclude; see also Thesaurus:kick out

Antonyms

• accept, harbor, shelter

Derived terms

• oustee
• ouster

Translations

Anagrams

• Otsu, SOTU, Tsou, otsu, outs, sout, tOSU