- disforest
- To clear wooded land of trees.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
disforest
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Disforest — Dis*for est, v. t. 1. To disafforest. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. To clear or deprive of forests or trees. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disforest — verb To disafforest … Wiktionary
disforest — v. clear of forests or trees … English contemporary dictionary
disforest — dis·forest … English syllables
disforest — /dɪsˈfɒrəst/ (say dis foruhst) verb (t) → deforest. –disforestation /dɪsˌfɒrəsˈteɪʃən/ (say dis.foruhs tayshuhn), noun …
disforest — v.tr. Brit. = DISAFFOREST. Derivatives: disforestation n … Useful english dictionary
disforestation — noun the removal of trees • Syn: ↑deforestation • Derivationally related forms: ↑disforest, ↑deforest (for: ↑deforestation) • Hypernyms: ↑denudation, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Deforest — De*for est, v. t. To clear of forests; to disforest. U. S. Agric. Reports. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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deforest — 1880 in modern sense, from DE (Cf. de ) + FOREST (Cf. forest). Related: Deforested; deforesting. Disforest in the sense to clear of trees is from 1660s. Disafforest is attested in this sense from 1842; originally it meant reduce from the legal… … Etymology dictionary
