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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Avail \A*vail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Availed} (?); p. pr & vb n. {Availing}.] [OE. availen fr F. ? (L. ad) + valoir to be worth, fr L. valere to be strong, to be worth. See {Valiant}.] 1. To turn to the advantage of to be of service to to profit; to benefit; to help; as artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment. O, what avails me now that honor high ! --Milton. 2. To promote; to assist. [Obs.] --Pope. {To avail one's self of}, to make use of take advantage of Then shall they seek to avail themselves of names --Milton. I have availed myself of the very first opportunity. --Dickens. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Avail \A*vail"\, v. i. To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as the plea in bar must avail, that is be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to check the disease. ``What signs avail ?'' --Milton. Words avail very little with me young man. --Sir W. Scott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Avail \A*vail"\, n. 1. Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as labor, without economy, is of little avail. The avail of a deathbed repentance. --Jer. Taylor. 2. pl Proceeds; as the avails of a sale by auction. The avails of their own industry. --Stoddard. Syn: Use benefit; utility; profit; service. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Avail \A*vail"\, v. t. & i. See {Avale}, v. [Obs.] --Spenser. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: avail n : a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it" [syn: {help}, {service}] v 1: use to one's advantage; "He availed himself of the available resources" 2: be of use to be useful to "It will avail them to dispose of their booty" 3: take or use "She helped herself to some of the office supplies" [syn: {help}]
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