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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Reclusive :: Reclusive (a.) Affording retirement from society.
Commodity :: Commodity (n.) That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit, especially in commerce, including everything movable that is bought and sold (except animals), -- goods, wares, merchandise, produce of land and manufactures, etc..
Breadroot :: Breadroot (n.) The root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta), found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food..
Affordable :: Affordable (a.) That may be afforded.
Delightful :: Delightful (a.) Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction.
Pabulous :: Pabulous (a.) Affording pabulum, or food; alimental..
Diathermic :: Diathermic (a.) Affording a free passage to heat; as, diathermic substances..
Prognosis :: Prognosis (n.) The act or art of foretelling the course and termination of a disease; also, the outlook afforded by this act of judgment; as, the prognosis of hydrophobia is bad..
Please :: Please (v. i.) To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent..
Chaperonage :: Chaperonage (n.) Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon.
Marsdenia :: Marsdenia (n.) A genus of plants of the Milkweed family, mostly woody climbers with fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish valuable fiber, and one species (Marsdenia tinctoria) affords indigo..
Subministration :: Subministrate (v. t.) To supply; to afford; to subminister.
Unharbored :: Unharbored (a.) Affording no harbor or shelter.
Feeding :: Feeding (n.) That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land..
Afford :: 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..
Euphorbia :: Euphorbia (n.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products..
Pastel :: Pastel (n.) A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself..
Promise :: Promise (a.) That which causes hope, expectation, or assurance; especially, that which affords expectation of future distinction; as, a youth of great promise..
Supply :: Supply (v. t.) To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition..
Evidential :: Evidential (a.) Relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences of Christianity..
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