"afforest" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈfɒɹɪst/ [UK], /əˈfɔɹɪst/ [US], /əˈfɒɹɪst/ [US] Forms: afforests [present, singular, third-person], afforesting [participle, present], afforested [participle, past], afforested [past]
Etymology: First attested in the 16th century. From Medieval Latin afforēstō, from Latin ad (“towards”) + forēsta (“forest”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|afforēstō}} Medieval Latin afforēstō, {{der|en|la|ad||towards}} Latin ad (“towards”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} afforest (third-person singular simple present afforests, present participle afforesting, simple past and past participle afforested)
  1. (transitive) To make into forest Tags: transitive Synonyms (to make into forest): forest Derived forms: afforestable, afforestation, afforester, afforestment, coafforest, deafforest, disafforest, reafforest Translations (make into a forest): شَجَّرَ (šajjara) (Arabic), залесявам (zalesjavam) (Bulgarian), aforestar (Catalan), 綠化 (Chinese Mandarin), 绿化 (lǜhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), bebossen (Dutch), arbarigi (Esperanto), metsittää (Finnish), boiser (French), aufforsten (German), arborizar (Ido), foraoisigh (Irish), coilltigh (Irish), zalesiać [imperfective] (Polish), zalesić [perfective] (Polish), florestar (Portuguese), împăduri (Romanian), forestar (Spanish), arborizar (Spanish), beskoga (Swedish), fforestu (Welsh), coedwigo (Welsh)

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