† distreev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To deprive or strip of trees.Apparently an isolated use.
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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
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deforest1880
a1638 J. Mede Disc. Josh. xxiv. 26, in Wks. (1672) i. 68 Of some of the Proseucha's they cut down the Trees..Mark here, They dis-tree'd the Proseucha's.
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