Afford: alternatives and connections

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

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To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

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Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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A covering for the head.

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A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend mon…

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To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.

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The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.

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To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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One who rends.

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To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.

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To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

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