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avail
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Avail \A*vail"\, n.
1. Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as,
labor, without economy, is of little avail.
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The avail of a deathbed repentance. --Jer. Taylor.
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2. pl. Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.
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The avails of their own industry. --Stoddard.
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Syn: Use; benefit; utility; profit; service.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster] O, what avails me now that honor high ! --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To promote; to assist. [Obs.] --Pope. [1913 Webster] To avail one's self of, to make use of; take advantage of. [1913 Webster] Then shall they seek to avail themselves of names. --Milton. [1913 Webster] I have availed myself of the very first opportunity. --Dickens. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Avail \A*vail"\, v. t. & i. See Avale, v. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Words avail very little with me, young man. --Sir W.
Scott.
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