afforest, forest
(verb) establish a forest on previously unforested land; “afforest the mountains”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
afforest (third-person singular simple present afforests, present participle afforesting, simple past and past participle afforested)
(transitive) To make into forest
"Afforest" once connoted bringing woodland under forest law in order to provide hunting grounds. However today the verb is more likely to connote commercial exploitation.
• (to make into forest): forest
• (to make into forest): deforest
Source: Wiktionary
Af*for"est, v. t. Etym: [LL. afforestare; ad + forestare. See Forest.]
Definition: To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 February 2025
(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
