affording

To most of us "expanding" and "affording" amount to the same thing.

Fortunately the composition was polished, affording little friction.

Again he leaped clear, affording us another chance for a picture.

Never is he happier than by affording pleasure to his friends.'

Distress was all around him, with no possibility of his affording any relief.

Directory of a city, the, as affording profitable reading, 155.

The system of affording oiling means to a machine or to any article.

The wigwams were comfortable, affording ample protection from wind and rain.

She was studying Ensal and was affording him an opportunity to study her.

Rivers serve us in yet another way by affording water for irrigation.