disafforest

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From Middle English disafforeten, from Anglo-Norman disaforester and its probable etymon Latin disafforestō. By surface analysis, dis- + afforest.

The first charter affecting the state of the moor was bestowed in 1204, when King John was compelled reluctantly to grant a Charter of Forests, disafforesting the lands that had been gradually appropriated by the Kings since Henry I. — Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts, Rosalind Northcote
I fear that we are such gods or demigods only as fauns and satyrs, the divine allied to beasts, the creatures of appetite, and that, to some extent, our very life is our disgrace.— “How happy’s he who hath due place assigned To his beasts and disafforested his mind! — Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau

deforest, disforest

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