afforest
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested in the 16th century. From Medieval Latin afforēstō, from Latin ad (“towards”) + forēsta (“forest”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
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.
- 1901 June 7, G. H. Davies, “Rain-making”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record[1], volume 4, number 7, page 195:
- It is probably impossible to afforest quickly any real desert.
Usage notes[edit]
"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[edit]
- (to make into forest): forest
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of "to make into forest"): deafforest, deforest
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
make into a forest
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References[edit]
- 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, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1989. - “afforest”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
