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Webster 1913 Edition

Afforest

Af-for′est

,

Verb.

T.

[LL.

afforestare

;

ad

+

forestare

. See

.]

To convert into a forest;

as, to

afforest

a tract of country

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Afforest

AFFOR'EST

,

Verb.

T.

[ad and forest.]

To convert ground into forest, as was done by the first Norman kings in England, for the purpose of affording them the pleasures of the chase.