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Afforest

//əˈfɔɹɪst// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make into forest transitive

    "After we leave the quarry, we intend to afforest the land and turn it into a nature reserve."

  2. 2
    establish a forest on previously unforested land wordnet

Etymology

First attested in the 16th century. From Medieval Latin afforēstō, from Latin ad (“towards”) + forēsta (“forest”).

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