Afforded

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Afford \Af*ford"\ ([a^]f*f[=o]rd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Afforded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Affording}.] [OE. aforthen, AS.
     gefor[eth]ian, for[eth]ian, to further, accomplish, afford,
     fr. for[eth] forth, forward. The prefix ge- has no well
     defined sense. See {Forth}.]
     1. 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.
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     2. 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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              His tuneful Muse affords the sweetest numbers.
                                                    --Addison.
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              The quiet lanes . . . afford calmer retreats.
                                                    --Gilpin.
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     3. 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.
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     4. 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.
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              The merchant can afford to trade for smaller
              profits.                              --Hamilton.
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              He could afford to suffer
              With those whom he saw suffer.        --Wordsworth.
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