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avail

(/@/'v/eI/l )

a means of serving(noun.attribute)

Example:
Of no avail.

Synonym:
help, service

source: wordnet30
Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.(noun)

source: webster1913

use to one's advantage(verb.consumption)

Example:
He availed himself of the available resources.

Synonym:
play

source: wordnet30
be of use to, be useful to(verb.social)

Example:
It will avail them to dispose of their booty.

source: wordnet30
take or use(verb.consumption)

Synonym:
help

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
See Avale, v.(verb)

source: webster1913

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