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aforesting

aforesting is the alternative form of afforesting.

aforesting is the present participle and gerund of aforest.

Meaning of afforesting

Noun

afforesting (countable and uncountable, plural afforestings)

  1. Synonym of afforestation.
    • The Charter of the Forests had for its object the disafforesting several of those tracts; the prevention of future afforestings: the mitigation and ascertainment of the punishments for breaches of the Forest Law.1760, Edmund Burke, “An Essay towards an Abridgment of the English History. […]”, in [Walker King], editor, The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, new edition, volume X, London: […] [R....
    Synonyms:
    afforestation

Questions about aforesting

What is aforesting the alternative form of?
Aforesting is the alternative form of afforesting.

Words near aforesting in the dictionary

  1. aforest
  2. aforestated
  3. aforestation
  4. aforestations
  5. aforested
  6. aforesting
  7. aforests
  8. aforethought
  9. aforetime
  10. aforetimes
  11. aforetold

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aforesting (page history and authors); afforesting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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