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Availing
(gcide) | Avail \A*vail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Availed (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Availing.] [OE. availen, fr. F. ? (L. ad) + valoir to be
worth, fr. L. valere to be strong, to be worth. See
Valiant.]
1. 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.
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O, what avails me now that honor high ! --Milton.
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2. To promote; to assist. [Obs.] --Pope.
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To avail one's self of, to make use of; take advantage of.
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Then shall they seek to avail themselves of names.
--Milton.
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I have availed myself of the very first opportunity.
--Dickens.
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unavailing
(mass) | unavailing
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unavailing
(encz) | unavailing,marný adj: Zdeněk Brožunavailing,zbytečný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unavailingly
(encz) | unavailingly,bezvýsledně adv: Zdeněk Brožunavailingly,zbytečně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Travailing
(gcide) | Travail \Trav"ail\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Travailed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Travailing.] [F. travailler, OF. traveillier,
travaillier, to labor, toil, torment; cf. Pr. trebalhar to
torment, agitate. See Travail, n.]
1. To labor with pain; to toil. [Archaic] "Slothful persons
which will not travail for their livings." --Latimer.
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2. To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor.
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Unavailing
(gcide) | Unavailing \Unavailing\
Ineffective in achieving the desired result; ineffectual;
futile; of no use; useless; pointless.
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unavailing
(wn) | unavailing
adj 1: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the
therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an
unavailing attempt" [syn: futile, ineffectual,
otiose, unavailing] |
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