Definition of "afforded" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of afford. (verb)

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• "When the princess went into her cabinet, she was amazed to see the portrait of a man; and she fixed her eyes upon it with so much the more surprise, because she also saw her own with it, and because the words which were written upon the label afforded her ample room for curiosity."
• "In 2000 it was reported the Boy Scouts national office revoked the title afforded to Bill Clinton after thousands of complaints."
• "Working with the label afforded the Antwerp, Belgium-based producer an active participating role in the burgeoning Berlin scene, which was then hybridizing indie rock with experimental electronics."