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rusticari [CL], ~are 1 to act in a manner or be of a type associated with the country or with rustic simplicity or awkwardness. per quedam excurrens compendiosa scripturarum, licet stylo ~ante, compendia, yponnosticon, abbreviatum sc. librum, facere curavi L. Durh. Hypog. 64. 2 to give the status of villein to. 1248 omnes qui tenent bovatas terre ~atas debent campipartum per annum de omnibus seminibus que renovant ‥ Ext. Guern. 24. 3 to coarsen, debase. rusticat hec venerem cum rusticitate latenti / ne rosa credatur urticis velle rosari D. Bec. 2088.

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