different between afforest vs afforestation

English

Etymology

First attested in the 16th century. From Medieval Latin affor?st?, from Latin ad (“towards”) + for?sta (“forest”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??f???st/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??f???st/, /??f???st/

Verb

afforest (third-person singular simple present afforests, present participle afforesting, simple past and past participle afforested)

1. (transitive) To make into forest

Usage notes

"Afforest" once connoted bringing woodland under forest law in order to provide hunting grounds. However today the verb is more likely to connote commercial exploitation.

Synonyms

• (to make into forest): forest

Antonyms

• (to make into forest): deforest

Derived terms

Translations

References

• 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised), Oxford University Press, ?ISBN
• 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, ?ISBN
• “Afforest, v.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1989
• “afforest” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

English

Etymology

From Latin ad + forresta, forestis

Noun

afforestation (countable and uncountable, plural afforestations)

1. The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.

Antonyms

• deforestation

Related terms

• afforest
• deforest, deforestation
• reforest, reforestation

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