Part 802

<h1>Auxiliarly</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>Aux*il"iar*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By way of help.</def>

<i>Harris.</i>

<h1>Auxiliary</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>Aux*il"ia*ry</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auxiliarius</ets>, fr. <ets>auxilium</ets> help, aid, fr. <ets>augere</ets> to increase.]</ety> <def>Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as <i>auxiliary</i> troops.</def>

<cs><col>Auxiliary scales</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>the scales of relative or attendant keys. See under <er>Attendant</er>, <tt>a.</tt></cd> -- <col>Auxiliary verbs</col> <fld>(Gram.)</fld>. <cd>See <er>Auxiliary</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3.</cd></cs>

<h1>Auxiliary</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>Aux*il"ia*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Auxiliaries</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in <tt>sing.</tt>), a member of the allied or subsidiary force.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an <i>auxiliary verb</i>; <as>as, <ex>have</ex>, <ex>be</ex>, <ex>may</ex>, <ex>can</ex>, <ex>do</ex>, <ex>must</ex>, <ex>shall</ex>, and <ex>will</ex>, in English; <ex>\'88tre</ex> and <ex>avoir</ex>, in French; <ex>avere</ex> and <ex>essere</ex>, in Italian; <ex>estar</ex> and <ex>haber</ex>, in Spanish.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formul\'91.</def>

<i>Math. Dict.</i>

<h1>Auxiliatory</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>Aux*il"ia*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Auxiliary; helping.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Ava</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>A"va</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Kava</er>.</def>

<i>Johnston.</i>

<h1>Avadavat</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>Av`a*da*vat"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Amadavat</er>.</def>

<h1>Avail</h1> <Xpage=104>

<hw>A*vail"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Availed</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Availing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>availen</ets>, fr. F. <?/ (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + <ets>valoir</ets> to be worth, fr. L. <ets>valere</ets> to be strong, to be worth. See <er>Valiant</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; <as>as, artifices will not <ex>avail</ex> the sinner in the day of judgment</as>.</def>

<blockquote>O, what <b>avails</b> me now that honor high ! <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To promote; to assist.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Pope.</i>

<cs><col>To avail one's self of</col>, <cd>to make use of; take advantage of.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>Then shall they seek to <b>avail themselves</b> of names. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I have <b>availed myself</b> of the very first opportunity. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

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