- (v.t.) To give forth; to supply, yield or produce as the natural result, fruit or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish.
- (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.
- (v.t.) To offer, provide or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit or without loss or too great injury; as, A affords his goods cheaper than B; a man can afford a sum yearly in charity.
- (v.t.) To incur, stand or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; -- with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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