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Definition of Avail
1. Noun. A means of serving. "There's no help for it"
2. Verb. Use to one's advantage. "He availed himself of the available resources"
3. Verb. Be of use to, be useful to. "It will avail them to dispose of their booty"
4. Verb. Take or use. "They avail themselves"; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"
Definition of Avail
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. n. Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.
4. v. t. & i. See Avale,
Definition of Avail
1. to be of use or advantage to [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Avail
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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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