| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | af·for·est |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -fôr  st, -f r- |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: af·for·est·ed, af·for·est·ing, af·for·ests
To convert (open land) into a forest by planting trees or their seeds. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Medieval Latin affor st re : Latin ad-, ad- + Medieval Latin forstre (from forsta, forest; see forest). | | OTHER FORMS: | af·for es·tation —NOUN
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