单词 | reafforest |
释义 | reaˈfforest, v. [re- 5 a.] †1. trans. To restore to the legal status of a forest. Obs.
1667–8Act 19 & 20 Chas. II, c. 8 §5 All the other Waste Lands aforesaid shall be and are hereby reafforrested and shall from henceforth be governed by Forrest Law. [Hence in Manley (1684), Phillips (1706), and later Dicts.] 2. To replant with trees; to cover again with forest. Hence reaˈfforesting vbl. n.
1882Pall Mall G. 10 Aug. 5/1 The great importance of reafforesting the denuded soil in over-cleared countries. 1890W. Meynell J. H. Newman 2 His scheme for the reafforesting of England. So reafforeˈstation.
1884Manch. Exam. 28 Mar. 5/2 The question as to how the work of reafforestation is to be done. |

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