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Afforestation

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af·for·est  (-fôrst, -fr-)
tr.v. af·for·est·ed, af·for·est·ing, af·for·ests
To convert (open land) into a forest by planting trees or their seeds.
[Medieval Latin afforstre : Latin ad-, ad- + Medieval Latin forstre (from forsta, forest; see forest).]
af·fores·tation n.
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Noun1.afforestation - the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)
conversion - the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
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The afforestation of the district, however, and its conversion into a royal demesne had clipped off a large section of his estate, while other parts had been confiscated as a punishment for his supposed complicity in an abortive Saxon rising.
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