deforestv.
/dɪˈfɒrɪst/ 1. Law. To reduce from the legal position of forest to that of ordinary land; to make no longer a forest; = disafforest v. 1, disforest v. 1.
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society > law > legal power > [verb (transitive)] > free from forest, etc., laws
disafforesta1450
disforestc1503
deforesta1552
de-afforest1640
dischase1726
de-awarren1727
diswarren1727
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) IV. 90 John Harman..B. of Excester..obteyned Licence to deforrest the Chace there.
1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. II. 105 One entire Forest, till deforested by the Kings.
2. gen. To clear or strip of forests or trees.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] > clear land > in forest
assart1523
rubbishc1602
glade1621
disforesta1668
essart1675
disafforest1842
de-afforest1848
deforest1880
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of vegetation > strip of trees
diswood1611
distreea1638
deforest1880
1880 [see deforesting n. and adj. at Derivatives].
1887 Scribner's Mag. 2 450 The region should be forest-clad; or even if now deforested, [etc.].
1891 B. Harte First Family Tasajara x [He] deforested the cañon.
Derivatives
deˈforested adj.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > stripped or made bare > stripped of trees
untimbered1618
deforested1887
1887 Scribner's Mag. 1 568 The deforested surface.
deˈforesting n. and adj.
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society > law > legal power > [noun] > abolition of status of forest
deforestinga1552
disafforestation1598
disforestation1613
de-afforestation1659
disafforesting1689
disafforestment1840
disforesting1862
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > stripping land of vegetation > stripping land of trees
disafforestation1841
disforesting1862
deforestation1874
deforesting1880
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) VII. 81 At the Deforestinge of the old Foreste of Kyngeswood.
1874 2nd Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1873–4 501 There are many compensations accompanying the deforesting of the country.
1880 Standard 10 Dec. By the deforesting of plains he has turned once fertile fields into arid deserts.
deforeˈstation n.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > stripping land of vegetation > stripping land of trees
disafforestation1841
disforesting1862
deforestation1874
deforesting1880
1874 2nd Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1873–4 501 But now, because of these early clearings and succeeding deforestations, the lowlands have become drier and warmer.
1884 Chicago Advance 25 Dec. 853 The native newspapers fear the deforestation of Japan.
deˈforester n.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > stripping land of vegetation > stripping land of trees > one who
deforester1880
1880 Scribner's Monthly Feb. 502 Most speculating deforesters go to the bad pecuniarily.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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