afforest

American

[uh-fawr-ist, uh-for-] / əˈfɔr ɪst, əˈfɒr- /

verb (used with object)

to convert (bare or cultivated land) into forest, originally for the purpose of providing hunting grounds.

afforest British

/ əˈfɒrɪst /

verb

(tr) to plant trees on; convert into forested land

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Etymology

Origin of afforest

1495–1505; < Medieval Latin afforēstāre, equivalent to af- af- + forēst ( is ) forest + -āre infinitive suffix

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Afforest, af-for′est, v.t. to turn land into forest.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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