Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To convert anew into a forest; renew the forest-growth of; reforest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To convert again into a forest, as a region of country.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb dated To
reforest .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb reestablish a forest after clear-cutting or fire, etc.
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Examples
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Wyse, or Heligoland with its one tree if something is not done to reafforest the land.
Ulysses 2003
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We still have much housing to build, and above all, we must reafforest thousands and thousands of caballerias with precious wood.
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-- As treeless as Portugal we'll be soon, says John Wyse, or Heligoland with its one tree if something is not done to reafforest the land.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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December 26, 2010