Afforesting

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of afforestation. countable, uncountable

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of afforest form-of, gerund, participle, present

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afforestation

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"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."

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