DISAFFOREST
deforest, disforest, disafforest
(verb) remove the trees from; “The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
disafforest (third-person singular simple present disafforests, present participle disafforesting, simple past and past participle disafforested)
To deforest
(UK, legal) To change the status of land from that of a forest to ordinary land
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`af*for"est, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disafforested; p. pr. & vb. n. Disafforesting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + afforest: cf. OF. desaforester.] (Eng. Law)
Definition: To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws. By charter 9 Henry III. many forests were disafforested. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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