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forestial

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for⋅est

  [fawr-ist, for-]
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–noun
1. a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
2. the trees on such a tract: to cut down a forest.
3. a tract of wooded grounds in England formerly belonging to the sovereign and set apart for game.
4. a thick cluster of vertical objects: a forest of church spires.
–verb (used with object)
5. to supply or cover with trees; convert into a forest.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF < LL forestis (silva) an unenclosed wood (as opposed to a park), deriv. of L forīs outside. Cf. foreign

Related forms:
for⋅est⋅al, fo⋅res⋅tial  [fuh-res-chuhl] , adjective
for⋅est⋅ed, adjective
for⋅est⋅less, adjective
for⋅est⋅like, adjective

Synonyms:
1. Forest, grove, wood refer to an area covered with trees. A forest is an extensive area, preserving some or all of its primitive wildness and usually having game or wild animals in it: Sherwood Forest; the Black Forest. A grove is a group or cluster of trees, usually not very large in area and cleared of underbrush. It is usually tended or cultivated: a shady grove; a grove of pines; an orange grove; a walnut grove. Woods (or a wood) resembles a forest but is a smaller tract of land, less wild in character, and generally closer to civilization: lost in the woods; a wood covering several acres.
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for·est   (fôr'ĭst, fŏr'-)   
n.  

  1. A dense growth of trees, plants, and underbrush covering a large area.

  2. Something that resembles a large, dense growth of trees, as in density, quantity, or profusion: a forest of skyscrapers.

  3. A defined area of land formerly set aside in England as a royal hunting ground.

tr.v.   for·est·ed, for·est·ing, for·ests
To plant trees on.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin forestis (silva), outside (forest), from Latin forīs, outside; see dhwer- in Indo-European roots.]
for'est·al, fo·res'tial (fə-rěs'chəl) adj., for'es·ta'tion n.
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Word Origin & History

forest 
1297, "extensive tree-covered district," especially one set aside for royal hunting and under the protection of the king, from O.Fr. forest, probably from L.L./M.L. forestem silvam "the outside woods," a term from the Capitularies of Charlemagne denoting "the royal forest;" perhaps via O.H.G. forst, from L. foris "outside," with a sense of "beyond the park," the park being the main or central fenced woodland. Another theory traces it through M.L. forestis, originally "forest preserve, game preserve," from L. forum in legal sense "court, judgment;" in other words "land subject to a ban." Replaced O.E. wudu.
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forest   (fôr'ĭst)  Pronunciation Key 
A dense growth of trees and underbrush covering a large area. Forests exist in all regions of the Earth except for regions of extreme cold or dryness.
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