Meaning

2 senses

  1. To deforest.

  2. (UK)To change the status of land from that of a forest to ordinary land.

More definitions
  • remove the trees from

Origin

From Middle English disafforeten, from Anglo-Norman disaforester and its probable etymon L

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

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Forms

disafforests, disafforesting, disafforested, disafforested
Base formdisafforest · to disafforest
3rd person singulardisafforests
Present participledisafforesting
Past simpledisafforested
Past participledisafforested

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydisafforest
he, she, itdisafforests

Past simpleLesson

all personsdisafforested

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave disafforested
he, she, ithas disafforested

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill disafforest

Synonyms

3 synonyms
deafforest
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relateddeafforestdisafforestation
Deriveddisafforestment

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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