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disafforest

disafforest verb: to deforest.

Verb

disafforest (third-person singular simple present disafforests, present participle disafforesting, simple past and past participle disafforested)

  1. To deforest.
  2. (UK) To change the status of land from that of a forest to ordinary land.
    • 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:
    deafforest

Synonyms of disafforest

Forms of disafforest

third-person singular presentdisafforests
present participledisafforesting
past participledisafforested
pastdisafforested

Origin of disafforest

From Middle English disafforeten, from Anglo-Norman disaforester and its probable etymon Latin disafforestō. By surface analysis, dis- + afforest.

Words formed from disafforest

Questions about disafforest

What does disafforest mean?
Disafforest means to deforest.
What part of speech is disafforest?
Disafforest is a verb.
What is the past tense of disafforest?
The past tense of disafforest is disafforested.

Words near disafforest in the dictionary

  1. disaffirmations
  2. disaffirmative
  3. disaffirmed
  4. disaffirming
  5. disaffirms
  6. disafforest
  7. disafforestation
  8. disafforestations
  9. disafforested
  10. disafforesting
  11. disafforestment

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