Definition of afford

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Afford (v. t.) To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish; as, a good life affords consolation in old age..

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Escort :: Escort (n.) A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea..
Ssociable :: SSociable (a.) Affording opportunites for conversation; characterized by much conversation; as, a sociable party..
Navigable :: Navigable (a.) Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river..
Alimentation :: Alimentation (n.) The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.
Diathermic :: Diathermic (a.) Affording a free passage to heat; as, diathermic substances..
Limber :: Limber (n.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
Harbor :: Harbor (n.) To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp. an ill thought)..
Restless :: Restless (a.) Not affording rest; as, a restless chair..
Area :: Area (n.) The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building..
Channel :: Channel (n.) The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels..
Range :: Range (v.) An extended cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove..
Lodgeable :: Lodgeable (a.) Capable of affording lodging; fit for lodging in.
Specular :: Specular (a.) Affording view.
Unharbored :: Unharbored (a.) Affording no harbor or shelter.
Pabulous :: Pabulous (a.) Affording pabulum, or food; alimental..
Prospect :: Prospect (v.) A position affording a fine view; a lookout.
Hagioscope :: Hagioscope (n.) An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint..
Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To afford; to be to; to supply with.
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage..
Cockpit :: Cockpit (n.) In yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than the rest of the deck, which affords easy access to the cabin..
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