disforesting
disforesting is the present participle and gerund of disforest.
Meaning of disforest
Verb
disforest (third-person singular simple present disforests, present participle disforesting, simple past and past participle disforested)
- To disafforest
- “And so they’re going to cut down Chaldicotes forest, are they, Mr. Sowerby?”
“Well, I can’t tell you that. They are going to disforest it. I have been ranger since I was twenty-two, and I don’t yet know whether that means cutting down.”1861, Anthony Trollope, chapter 8, in Framley Parsonage, London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- “And so they’re going to cut down Chaldicotes forest, are they, Mr. Sowerby?”
Questions about disforesting
- What is disforesting the present participle and gerund of?
- Disforesting is the present participle and gerund of disforest.
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