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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : uh-veyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈveɪl |
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Définition of avail
Origin :- c.1300, availen, apparently a French compound formed in English from Old French a- "to" (see ad-) + vailen "to avail," from vaill-, present stem of valoir "be worth," from Latin valere (see valiant). Related: Availed; availing. As a noun, from c.1400.
- noun use
- verb be of use; use
- His instinct of sympathy with which he had greeted her at the outset was repelled, and made of no avail.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Now, he was her humble petitioner, but this servility could be of no avail to save him from shame.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Yates was something of a wrestler himself, but his skill was of no avail on this occasion.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- She saw all this mentally; but would it avail anything in actuality?
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- What avail great talents, if they be not devoted to goodness?
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Which I most decidedly should not be slow to avail myself of, Amy.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- He did everything that could be done, but of course it was of no avail.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
- But my heroic patience was of no avail; I could not persuade my mother to accompany me.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- What avail that the offices at Connal's town be finished, dog-kennel and all?
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- It is a hundred to one if I should avail myself of it four times in a year.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
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