transitive verb. To convert (open land) into a forest by planting trees or their seeds.

To convert, as bare or cultivated land, into forest, as was done by the first Norman kings in England, for the purpose of providing themselves with hunting-grounds.

transitive verb. To convert into a forest.

verb. To make into forest

verb. establish a forest on previously unforested land

"A program to afforest denuded or severely eroded land has resulted in the planting of about one million trees in 70 areas subject to soil erosion."

afforestable  afforestation  

plant  set  

reafforest  reforest  

afforested  afforesting  afforests