Dis′af‐for″est (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Disafforested; p. pr. & vb. n.Disafforesting.] [Pref. dis- + afforest: cf. OF. desaforester.] (Eng. Law) To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws.
By charter 9 Henry III. many forests were disafforested. Blackstone.