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disafforesting

disafforesting is the present participle and gerund of disafforest.

Meaning of disafforest

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

Questions about disafforesting

What is disafforesting the present participle and gerund of?
Disafforesting is the present participle and gerund of disafforest.

Words near disafforesting in the dictionary

  1. disaffirms
  2. disafforest
  3. disafforestation
  4. disafforestations
  5. disafforested
  6. disafforesting
  7. disafforestment
  8. disafforestments
  9. disafforests
  10. disagglomerate
  11. disagglomeration

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