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Definition of Reafforest
1. v. t. To convert again into a forest, as a region of country.
Definition of Reafforest
1. Verb. (dated) To reforest. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reafforest
1. afforest [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: afforest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reafforest
Literary usage of Reafforest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1905)
"It is a great pity that the hill sides along river valleys have been denuded of
their forest growth, and if something could be done to reafforest such lands ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1888)
"... plan for effectually dealing with the question is the proposal " to reafforest
the hills in Shan-si and Shen-si, which are at present barren of wood. ..."
3. Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the Canadian Forestry Association by Canadian Forestry Association (1900)
"Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been expended in the States, to purchase
large extent of lands only fit for tree culture, and to reafforest them, ..."
4. Authors' & Printers' Dictionary: A Guide for Authors, Editors, Printers by Frederick Howard Collins (1912)
"... readmit/*, -ted*, -ting* (one word). ready-made* (hyphen). reafforest*,
reagent* (one word). real, Port. coin ; pi. rels. real] *, Sp. coin; pi. ..."
5. The Creative City by Charles Landry, Franco Bianchini (1995)
"... a survey of 4000 private gardens to assess their importance to city wildlife;
and raised money through Leicester's Asian community to reafforest ..."
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