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Wikidiffcom is likely misspelled.


Wikidiffcom has no English definition.

As a verb afforest is

to make into forest.

wikidiffcom

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Wikidiffcom has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

afforest

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make into forest
  • After we leave the quarry, we intend to afforest the land and turn it into a nature reserve

    Usage notes

    "Afforest" once connoted bringing woodland under forest law in order to provide hunting grounds. However today the verb is more likely to connote commercial exploitation.

    Synonyms

    * (to make into forest)

    Antonyms

    * (to make into forest) deforest

    Derived terms

    * afforestable * afforestation * afforester * afforestment

    References

    * 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised) , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198610572 * 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology , Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988 * *