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de-afforest, v.|diːəˈfɒrɪst| [ad. med.L. deafforest-āre: see de- prefix II. 1 and afforest v.] = disafforest.
1640Act 16 Chas. I, c. 16 §5 The grounds Territories or places which have beene or are Deafforrested. 1670Blount Law Dict., De-afforested, that is discharged from being Forest; or, that is freed and exempted from the Forest-Laws. 1839Bailey Festus xix. (1848) 208 The paradise Initiate of the soul..that pleasant place, Erst deafforested. So de-aˌfforeˈstation = disafforestation.
1659Anc. Land-Mark betw. Prince & People 15 [They] procured many deafforrestations for the people. 1671F. Phillips Reg. Necess. 498 Their many deafforrestations. |