afford ell

[Scotch fordel = ready for future use.] Alive. ( Scotch.) "Of his brether sum ar dead, utheris yet afford ell." -MS. Heal Arbuthnot Family. (James on, Suppl.) af-förd'-ing, pr. par. [AFFORD.] * af-förd-měnt, s. nation. [AFFORD.] Grant, do Todd says of afford ment, "A word much wanted." your forward helps and affordments to Mr. Purchas in the production of his voluminous work." Lord: Disc. of the Sect of the Banians (1630), Dedic . *af-för'e, v.t. [A.S. fore before.] To pro mote, to strengthen, to render effective. "Heete and moisture directyth ther pa ages With green fervence t ' affore yong corages," Lydgate: Minor Poems , p. 244. Po ibly a mistake for afforce (q.v.). af-for-est, v.t. [Low Lat. afforesto: Lat. ad = to, and forest a = forest.] To convert into forest. "It appear eth by Charta de Forest a that he afforested many woods." --Sir John Davies: On Ireland,