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deforestare

deforestare [cf. forestare] , to disafforest, remove (land) from forest status. V. et. deafforestare, difforestare, disafforestare. 1205 computate hominibus de Devonia c m. infra finem quem nobiscum fecerunt pro Devonia ~anda Cl 33a; c1213 totam terram ‥ ~atam quam ‥ W. eis dedit Reg. Paisley 90; prefatam [silvam abbas] ‥ fraude versuta ~avit Gir. Spec. III 12 p. 206; s1225 omnes ‥ nove foreste per Angliam sunt ~ate Ann. Worc. 417 (cf. Wend. II 286); 1236 concessisse abbati et conventui de M‥. omnes predictas terras, quas eis ~avimus Melrose 258; 1275 (v. diswarennare); 1279 clamat ‥ boscos suos inclusos ‥ tali waranto quod dominus H. rex ‥ ~avit omnes terras inter Use et Derwent PQW 201b.

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