reafforest

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verb

To reforest.

OriginEnglish afforest ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbreafforest (third-person singular simple present reafforests, present participle reafforesting, simple past and past participle reafforested)

present singular third person reafforests · participle present reafforesting · participle past reafforested · past reafforested

  1. datedTo reforest.

    While it is a very slow-growing tree, there is some consolation in the fact that it usually grows in barren, rocky country, unsuitable for agriculture, and therefore wholesale clearings are not made as is the case with many other timbers. At the same time it does not readily reafforest.

    1901 August 2, “Australian Tree Seeds”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 11, page 326

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishafforest
  7. Englishreafforest

From re- + afforest.

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APA

reafforest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reafforest

MLA

“reafforest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reafforest. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reafforest,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reafforest.

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