afforest
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English
Etymology
First attested in the 16th century. From Medieval Latin afforēstō, from Latin ad (“towards”) + forēsta (“forest”).
Pronunciation
Verb
afforest (third-person singular simple present afforests, present participle afforesting, simple past and past participle afforested)
- (transitive) 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): forest
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to make into forest”): deafforest, deforest
Derived terms
Translations
make into a forest
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References
- 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised), Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- “Afforest, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. - “afforest”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
