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  • 31avail — /əˈveɪl / (say uh vayl) verb (i) 1. to have force or efficacy; be of use; serve. 2. to be of value or profit. –verb (t) 3. to be of use or value to; profit; advantage. –phrase 4. avail oneself of, to give oneself the advantage of; make use of. 5 …

  • 32avail — availingly, adv. /euh vayl /, v.t. 1. to be of use or value to; profit; advantage: All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change. v.i. 2. to be of use; have force or efficacy; serve; help: His strength did not avail against the… …

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  • 33avail — [əˈveɪl] noun I to no avail formal without getting the effect that you wanted[/ex] II verb avail [əˈveɪl] avail yourself of sth formal to use something[/ex] …

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  • 34avail — a•vail [[t]əˈveɪl[/t]] v. t. 1) to be of use, advantage, or value to; profit: All our efforts availed us little[/ex] 2) to be of use; have force or efficacy; serve; help: Nothing you do will avail[/ex] 3) to be of value or profit 4) effective use …

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  • 35avail — v. & n. v. 1 tr. help, benefit. 2 refl. (foll. by of) profit by; take advantage of. 3 intr. a provide help. b be of use, value, or profit. n. (usu. in neg. or interrog. phrases) use, profit (of no avail; without avail; of what avail?). Etymology …

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  • 36avail — See: TO NO AVAIL or OF NO AVAIL …

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  • 37avail — See: TO NO AVAIL or OF NO AVAIL …

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  • 38avail — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, Anglo French availler, probably from a (from Latin ad ) + valer, valoir to be of worth, from Latin valēre more at wield Date: 14th century intransitive verb to be of use or advantage ; serve < our best efforts&#8230; …

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  • 39avail — 1. verb a) To turn to the advantage of I availed myself of the opportunity. b) To be of service to. Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment. Ant: disavail …

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  • 40avail — See: to no avail or of no avail …

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