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(1):

(n.) Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.

(2):

(n.) Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.

(3):

(v. t. & i.) See Avale, v.

(4):

(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.

(5):

(v. t.) To promote; to assist.

(6):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Avail'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/avail.html. 1828.
 
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