Avail
Definition of Avail
A`vail´ | v. t. | 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. | | 2. | To promote; to assist.| To avail one's self of | | to make use of; take advantage of. |
| | v. i. | 1. | 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. | 1. | Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail. | | 2. | Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction. | | v. t. & i. | 1. | See Avale, v. |
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