English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Result for Avail
Avail
(v. t.)
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.
Avail
(v. t.)
To promote; to assist.
Avail
(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.
Avail
(n.)
Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor,
without economy, is of little avail.
Avail
(n.)
Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.
Avail
(v. t. & i.)
See Avale, v.