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Definition of Afforests
1. afforest [v] - See also: afforest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Afforests
Literary usage of Afforests
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1912)
"... avoidance afforests, swamps, cold mountain lops, etc., entirely available to
them, and in the mode of meeting enemies as indicated by the reaction to ..."
2. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1861)
"Upon the importance afforests in regard to the influence which they exert over
meteoric changes, upon the physical state, and upon the security of the ..."
3. How France is Governed by Raymond Poincaré (1919)
"... our strains of horses, maintains the State forests, superintends the care of
the communal forests, and at need re-afforests regions devoid of timber. ..."
4. A Short Constitutional History of England by Henry St. Clair Feilden (1895)
"Emoluments springing from the royal prerogatives of Purveyance, (a) purveyance, (K)
coinage, (c) possession afforests. (a) Purveyance (pourvoir, to provide) ..."
5. The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace (1855)
"... but the same is reserved, as it was at common law; a fortiori, where he
afforests the woods and lands of another man he doth not abridge their right to ..."
6. A System of Universal Geography: On the Principles of Comparison and by William Channing Woodbridge (1827)
"But a country which is destitute afforests and mountains, and open to the wind
from other regions, partakes of their climate, [ts temperature is much ..."
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