Avail

Definition:

(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.
(v. t.) To promote; to assist.
(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.
(n.) Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.
(n.) Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.
(v. t. & i.) See Avale, v.

Compare avail with other words:

avail vs. conduce

avail vs. bestead

avail vs. engage

avail vs. beneficial

avail vs. vainly

avail vs. behalf

avail vs. frame

avail vs. package

avail vs. stock

avail vs. striving

avail vs. profit

avail vs. value

avail vs. availability

avail vs. provide

avail vs. efficacy

avail vs. purpose

assist vs. avail

avail vs. promote

avail vs. service

advantage vs. avail

avail vs. available