Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disafforest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-af-for-est
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

verb

To change the status of land from that of a forest to ordinary land.

British usage

Example Sentences

"The Charter of the Forests had for its object the disafforesting several of those tracts; the prevention of future afforestings: the mitigation and ascertainment of the punishments for breaches of the Forest Law."

Etymology

From Middle English disafforeten, from Anglo-Norman disaforester and its probable etymon Latin disafforestō. By surface analysis, dis- + afforest.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: disafforeten, disaforester, disafforestō

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

disafforests (present, singular) disafforesting (participle, present) disafforested (participle, past) disafforested (past)

Derived Forms

disafforestment

Frequently Paired Words

deafforest disafforestation

Synonyms

deafforest deforest disforest

Questions

What does disafforest mean?: To deforest.
Where does disafforest come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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