disafforest

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To deforest.
  2. To change the status of land from that of a forest to ordinary land.

Word forms

disafforest disafforests disafforesting disafforested

Etymology

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

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