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Definition of Disforest
1. Verb. Remove the trees from. "The landscape was deforested by the enemy attacks"
Generic synonyms: Clear
Derivative terms: Deforestation, Deforestation, Disforestation
Definition of Disforest
1. v. t. To disafforest.
Definition of Disforest
1. Verb. To disafforest ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Disforest
1. 1. To disafforest. 2. To clear or deprive of forests or trees. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disforest
Literary usage of Disforest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"... of Rockingham Forest, but permission was many years ago granted by the crown
to the Montague family to disforest it, and to convert it into a chase. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To disforest, (dis-for'-rest) va To reduce land from the privileges of a forest
to the state of common land. ..."
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