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disafforests

disafforests is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 disafforests

What is disafforests the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Disafforests is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disafforest.

Words near disafforests in the dictionary

  1. disafforestations
  2. disafforested
  3. disafforesting
  4. disafforestment
  5. disafforestments
  6. disafforests
  7. disagglomerate
  8. disagglomeration
  9. disagglomerations
  10. disaggregase
  11. disaggregases

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