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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
affoord .
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Examples
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And lest any should thinke the toile might be insupportable, though these things may bee had by labour and diligence; I assure my selfe there are who delight extremely in vaine pleasure, that take much more paines in England to enioy it, then I should doe here to gaine wealth sufficient, and yet I thinke they should not haue halfe such sweet content: for our pleasure here is still gaines, in England charges and losse; here nature and liberty affoords vs that freely which in England we want, or it costeth vs deerely.
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Norway and Poland affoords Pitch and Tarre, Masts and Yards.
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2189: Looke for the Newes that the Guild-Hall affoords.
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1689: Then since this Earth affoords no Ioy to me,
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114: Let them want nothing that my house affoords.
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