afforest

== English == === Etymology === First attested in the 16th century. From Medieval Latin afforēstō, from Latin ad (“towards”) + forēsta (“forest”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈfɒɹɪst/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈfɔɹɪst/, /əˈfɒɹɪst/ === Verb === afforest (third-person singular simple present afforests, present participle afforesting, simple past and past participle afforested) (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 ==== (antonym(s) of “to make into forest”): deafforest, deforest ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related 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: Oxford University Press, 1989. “afforest”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.