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reforest

[ ree-fawr-ist, -for- ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).


reforest

/ riːˈfɒrɪst /

verb

  1. tr another word for reafforest


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Other Words From

  • re·for·est·a·tion [ree-fawr-, uh, -, stey, -sh, uh, n, -for-], noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of reforest1

First recorded in 1880–85; re- + forest

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Example Sentences

Another early attempt to assist in forest conservation was an attempt to reforest the treeless plains of our Western States.

It would take a hundred years to reforest those acres denuded of their timber by the fire of a few days.

The only remedy is for the government to buy the land at the head-waters of the rivers and reforest it.

The shortleaf pine will reforest the old areas, and spread over a widening territory, if only it is given a chance.

He said, "They are growing those little trees to reforest the desolate, burned over regions of the Adirondacks."

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