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The definition of avail is to help or give an advantage.

(verb)

An example of avail is for medication to improve the condition of a sick person.

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intransitive verb, transitive verb

to be of use, help, worth, or advantage (to), as in accomplishing an end: will force alone avail us?

Origin: ME availen < OFr a (L ad), to + valoir, to be worth < L valere, to be strong: see value

noun

effective use or help; advantage: he tried, but to no avail
Obsolete net proceeds; profits

See avail in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb a·vailed, a·vail·ing, a·vails

verb, transitive

To be of use or advantage to; help: Nothing could avail the dying patient.

verb, intransitive

To be of use, value, or advantage; serve: Halfway measures will no longer avail.

noun

Use, benefit, or advantage: labored to no avail.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English availen

Origin: : a-, intensive pref. (from Latin ad-; see ad-)

Origin: + Old French valoir, vail-, to be worth (from Latin valēre, to be strong; see wal- in Indo-European roots)

Related Forms:

a·vailˈing·ly adverb

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