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deforest, v.|dɪˈfɒrɪst|
[f. de- II. 2 + forest: cf. the synonyms deafforest, disafforest, disforest, OF. desforester, deforester, med.L. deafforestare, disafforestare: see de- I. 6.]
1. Law. To reduce from the legal position of forest to that of ordinary land; to make no longer a forest; = disafforest 1, disforest 1.
1538Leland Itin. IV. 115 John Harman.. B. of Excester..obteyned License to deforest the Chase there. 1759B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. II. 105 One entire Forest, till deforested by the Kings.
2. gen. To clear or strip of forests or trees.
1880[see deforesting]. 1887Scribner's Mag. II. 450 The region should be forest-clad; or even if now deforested, [etc.]. 1891B. Harte First Fam. Tasajara x, [He] deforested the cañon.
Hence deˈforested ppl. a.; deˈforesting vbl. n. and ppl. a.; also deforeˈstation; deˈforester.
1538Leland Itin. VII. 101 At the Deforestinge of the old Foreste of Kyngeswood. 1880Scribner's Mag. Feb. 502 Most speculating deforesters go to the bad pecuniarily. 1880Standard 10 Dec., By the deforesting of plains he has turned once fertile fields into arid deserts. 1884Chicago Advance 25 Dec. 853 The native newspapers fear the deforestation of Japan. 1887Scribner's Mag. I. 568 The deforested surface. |