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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To promote; to assist. Source: opted

3. 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. Source: opted

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

5. n. Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction. Source: opted

6. v. t. & i. See Avale, v. Source: opted

7. n. a means of serving Source: wordnet

8. v. take advantage of Source: wordnet

9. v. be of use to, be useful to Source: wordnet

10. v. take or use Source: wordnet

11. To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to havestrength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as,the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat thesuit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to checkthe disease. "What signs avail " Milton.Words avail very little with me, young man. Sir W. Scott. Source: adambom

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