Part 803

<hw>A*vail"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; <as>as, the plea in bar must <ex>avail</ex>, that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not <ex>avail</ex>; medicines will not <ex>avail</ex> to check the disease.</as></def> "What signs <i>avail</i> ?"

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>Words <b>avail</b> very little with me, young man. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>A*vail"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; <as>as, labor, without economy, is of little <ex>avail</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>avail</b> of a deathbed repentance. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Proceeds; <as>as, the <ex>avails</ex> of a sale by auction</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>avails</b> of their own industry. <i>Stoddard.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Use; benefit; utility; profit; service.</syn>

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<hw>A*vail"</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>See <er>Avale</er>, <tt>v.</tt></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

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<hw>A*vail`a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Availabilities</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being available; availableness.</def>

<note>&hand; The word is sometimes used derogatively in the sense of "mere availableness," or capability of success without regard to worthiness.</note>

<blockquote>He was . . . nominated for his <b>availability</b>. <i>Lowell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is available.</def>

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<hw>A*vail"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; <as>as, an <ex>available</ex> plea</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Laws human are <b>available</b> by consent. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Such as one may avail one's self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource; <as>as, an <ex>available</ex> measure; an <ex>available</ex> candidate.</as></def>

<blockquote>Struggling to redeem, as he did, the <b>available</b> months and days out of so many that were unavailable. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Having no <b>available</b> funds with which to pay the calls on new shares. <i>H. Spenser.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>A*vail"a*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Competent power; validity; efficacy; <as>as, the <ex>availableness</ex> of a title</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Quality of being available; capability of being used for the purpose intended.</def>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

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