1. To disafforest. Fuller.
2. To clear or deprive of forests or trees.
DISFORESTATION
Dis*for`es*ta"tion, n.
Defn: The act of clearing land of forests. Daniel.
DISFORMITY
Dis*form"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. Deformity.]
Defn: Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form. Uniformity or disformity in comparing together the respective figures of bodies. S. Clarke.
DISFRANCHISE
Dis*fran"chise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfranchised; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disfranchising.] Etym: [Cf. Diffranchise.]
Defn: To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc. Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised. Fabyan (1509). He was partially disfranchised so as to be made incapable of taking part in public affairs. Thirlwall.
DISFRANCHISEMENT
Dis*fran"chise*ment, n.
Defn: The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities. Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony. Palfrey.