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Synonyms for availed
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-veyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈveɪl |
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Définition of availed
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.
- verb be of use; use
- He was yet speaking when Duncan availed himself of the water.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- I had learned, and I availed myself of the knowledge, that it was born before its time.
- Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Mr. Fairbanks saw his opportunity and availed himself of it.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- Neither of you two could ever be sure when, or if at all, he availed himself of that access.
- Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
- That very evening Dr. Carter availed himself of the invitation.
- Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
- No attempt which has ever been made to convert them into slaves, has availed much.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
- He had been permitted to amble and to walk and had availed himself of the permission.
- Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- Nothing had availed to crush him, even as nothing ever does avail to crush a man of character.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- Neither insult nor tyranny had availed to force a word or a cry out of him.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- The first morning of his imprisonment in this place he availed himself of the privilege.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
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