disforest

British  

/ dɪsˈfɒrɪst /

verb

1. another word for deforest

2. English law a less common word for disafforest

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Other Word Forms

• disforestation noun

Example Sentences

The wilderness May be disforested, and Nature's face Stamped out of beauty by the heel of man Who has no room for beauty in his plan.'

From Project Gutenberg

In addition to the causes above alluded to as tending to disforest England, the long unsettled state of the country also conduced to the diminishing of the woodlands.

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The clearing of land for agricultural purposes, the use of wood for the prosecution of the industries of an increasing population, and other causes, have led to the gradual disforesting of large tracts.

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The northern part of the hills coincides approximately with the district still called Delamere Forest, formerly a chase of the earls of Chester, and finally disforested in 1812.

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And you will go into Parliament and legislate for us, and take care that we are not disforested.

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