Avail

[a·vail]

To avail means to take advantage of an opportunity, the way you'd be crazy not to avail yourself of a chocolate milkshake on Free Milkshake Day at your local ice cream parlor.

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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.

Noun
a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there''s no help for it"

Verb
use to one''s advantage; "He availed himself of the available resources"

Verb
take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"

Verb
be of use to, be useful to; "It will avail them to dispose of their booty"

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.

v. t.
To promote; to assist.

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.

n.
Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.

n.
Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.

v. t. & i.
See Avale, v.

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 !
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.
I have availed myself of the very first opportunity.

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.

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.
2. pl. Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.
The avails of their own industry.
Syn. -- Use; benefit; utility; profit; service.

Avail

A*vail", v. t. & i. See Avale, v. [Obs.] Spenser.

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.

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.

Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.

See Avale, v.

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Usage Examples

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

Together with a team of financial and legal experts I have spent months exploring all possible alternatives to bankruptcy but to no avail.

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Other Usage Examples

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.

I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success.