disafforest
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disafforest
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From Middle English disafforeten, from Anglo-Norman disaforester and its probable etymon Latin disafforestō. By surface analysis, dis- + afforest.
verb disafforests · disafforesting · disafforested
- To deforest.
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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.
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title = {disafforest},
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