Read full poem →To wear red stockings, and to dine with Steele.
Some ends of verse his betters might afford,
And gave the harmless fellow a good word.
Dictionary Entry
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.
In a Sentence
“I think we can afford the extra hour it will take. We can only afford to buy a small car at the moment.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “afford”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The wise man's passion, and the vain man's toast?
Why deck'd with all that land and sea afford?
Why angels call'd, and angel-like adored?
Read full poem →Surely will do in one year for the family you would establish
Neither Susan nor I shall afford you the joy of a second.
Read full poem →frequently stood in need of castigation, niight be in general
Beaumont's portion of the work." This is to afford him high
praise, and there are other facts to prove that he was considered
Read full poem →finished, which deferred their merry meetings at the Mermaid." If this tide and the situa-
tion afford proof of aiiy kind, it wdl be directly opposite to Seward's opinion : First, as the
title mentions " two oi the precedent comedies,' the Woman-Hater could not be one, hav-
Read full poem →King Lear III, he did bewray
Ms practice, the quartos afford
a comment on the folio by
Read full poem →The whilst that other so majestic self stood by!
Integrity so vast could well afford
To wear in working many a stain,
Read full poem →Whether we serve Thee ill or well,
Thou knowest our frame, nor canst afford
To leave Thy own for long in hell--
Read full poem →cattle-raising go side by side with gardening. The wonder
was how England can afford to use its rich lands for
cattle, hog and sheep-growing when in New York State,
Read full poem →King Solomon), it is some relief to turn to the manuscripts, which usually
afford much better texts, and are altogether more trustworthy.