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afforest, v.|əˈfɒrɪst|
Also 5–6 aforest.
[ad. med.L. afforēstā-re (Charter of Forests 9 Hen. III) f. ad to + forēsta, forēstis, forest.]
To convert into forest, or hunting-ground.
1502Arnold Chron. (1811) 208 Yf any wood other than..his owne he aforestid..it shalbe disforestid, and yf he afforested his owne propur wood remayne it forest. 1612Davies Discov. why Irel. etc. (1787) 124 He [Henry the Second] afforested many woods and wastes, to the grievance of the subject. 1837W. Howitt Rur. Life v. i. (1862) 352 The Conqueror's motive for afforesting so large a tract of country. |