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rusticize

rusticize verb: to make (something or someone) rustic.

Verb

rusticize (third-person singular simple present rusticizes, present participle rusticizing, simple past and past participle rusticized)

  1. (transitive) To make (something or someone) rustic.

Forms of rusticize

third-person singular presentrusticizes
present participlerusticizing
past participlerusticized
pastrusticized
alternative formrusticise

Origin of rusticize

From rustic + -ize.

Questions about rusticize

What does rusticize mean?
Rusticize means to make (something or someone) rustic.
What part of speech is rusticize?
Rusticize is a verb.
What is the past tense of rusticize?
The past tense of rusticize is rusticized.

Words near rusticize in the dictionary

  1. rusticism
  2. rusticisms
  3. rusticities
  4. rusticity
  5. rusticization
  6. rusticize
  7. rusticized
  8. rusticizes
  9. rusticizing
  10. rustick
  11. rusticke

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