disafforest en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English disafforeten, from Anglo-Norman disaforester and its probable etymon Latin disafforestō. By surface analysis, dis- + afforest.
Meanings
- To deforest.
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(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. Gilbert] for C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], published 1826, →OCLC, book III, page 534:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disafforests | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| disafforested | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disafforested | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| disafforesting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |