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- verb Obsolete spelling of
afford .
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Examples
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Inflations going up,jobs are going away and they are still letting thousands of people into the country daily and we cant afoord it any longer.
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I am a student with couple of grands in bank which I can afoord to invest in stocks and all.
Zecco Has A Hard Road Ahead Neil Kjeldsen 2005
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So shall the marchant buy his cloth lesse deare, and so he shalbe able to occupy with lesse stocke, be able to afoord cloth cheaper, make more ample vent, and also become
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Tallow they afoord a great waight for transportation: not onely for that their countrey hath very much good ground apt for pasturage of cattell, but also by reason of their many Lents and other fastes: and partly because their greater men vse much waxe for their lights, the poorer and meaner sort birch dried in their stoaues, and cut into long shiuers, which they call Luchineos.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And the people of this realme by the great and blessed abundance of victuall are cheaply fed, and therefore may afoord their labour cheape.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And hee, according to the fertilnes of the Italian wit, did not onely afoord us the demonstration of his practise, but sought to enrich our mindes with the contemplations therein, which hee thought most precious.
English Travellers of the Renaissance Clare Howard
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The next day the General vvith his vvhole Fleete vvent vp from the Isles of BAYON, to a very good harbour aboue VIGO, vvhere Maister Carleill stayd his comming, asvvell for the more quiet riding of his ships, as also for the good commoditie of fresh vvatering, vvhich the place there did afoord full vvell.
Summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage Walter Bigges
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"Ow ay! the Lord can afoord it!" remarked Grizzie.
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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"An 'them' at wad be his, maun afoord it tu, Grizzie!" returned
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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Fourthly, of Tallow they afoord a great waight for transportation: not onely for that their countrey hath very much good ground apt for pasturage of cattell, but also by reason of their many Lents and other fastes: and partly because their greater men vse much waxe for their lights, the poorer and meaner sort birch dried in their stoaues, and cut into long shiuers, which they call Luchineos.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 04 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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