disforest en · VERB
Etymology
From dis- + forest.
Meanings
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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.:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disforesting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disforests | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| disforested | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disforested | Tense=Past | lexicographic |