Definition of Affords

1. Verb. (third-person singular of afford) ¹

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Definition of Affords

1. afford [v] - See also: afford

Lexicographical Neighbors of Affords

afford
affordabilities
affordability
affordable
affordable luxuries
affordable luxury
affordably
affordance
affordances
afforded
affordest
affordeth
affording
affordment
affordments
affords (current term)
afforest
afforestation
afforestations
afforested
afforesting
afforests
afformation
afformative
afformatives
afforred
afforring
affors
affowrd
affranchise

Literary usage of Affords

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam ( Smith, Joseph Shield Nicholson (1895)
"The value of that sort which sometimes does, and sometimes does not afford rent, should constantly rise in proportion to that which always affords some rent ..."

2. Homerica, Emendations and Elucidations of the Odyssey by Thomas Leyden Agar (1908)
"... a/í<f>uc(á<rcra.s ' dressing timber of ash ', which at any rate affords a definite and intelligible sense. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"The final article, 'A Study of the Encapsulated Bacilli,' by Lawrence W. Strong, finds that the gas production of these bacilli affords a valuable aid for ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"... I think, be further found that the motive which I have here assumed affords the most reasonable, if not the only reasonable, explanation of that action. ..."

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