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Definition of Affoord
1. to consent [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: consent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affoord
Literary usage of Affoord
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"Townes for Trade in these parts, with their severall names and situations, and
also what commodities they doe affoord, and what is there desired. ..."
2. Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... and have used them in the best sort our Countrey fashion doth affoord, investing
them with Robes, and conducting them backe with Musicke, ..."
3. The Works of Thomas Kyd by Thomas Kyd (1901)
"What lesser libertie can Kings affoord Then ... silence? then affoord it roe.
1so Sufficeth, I may not, nor I w1ll not tell ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"Shear and shear alike,' they sez, but I be sure he could affoord to have his
wages shear'd afore mine. But Fair Play 's a jool, and a pore man is DS like to ..."
5. Specimens of the Pre-Shaksperean Drama by John Matthews Manly (1897)
"What lesser libertie can kings affoord Then ... Then affoord it me! Sufficeth I
may not nor I will not tell thee. KING. Fetch forth the tortures! ..."
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