Etymology

deafforest

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Today it means: To change the status of (a forest) so that it is no longer legally regarded as forest land. Full definition →

Latin deafforestō
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromdeafforestō
  2. English todaydeafforest

From Latin deafforestō. By surface analysis, de- + afforest.

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