Found 3 items, similar to avail.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: avail faedah
English → English (WordNet) Definition: avail avail n : a means of serving; “of no avail”; “there's no help for it” [syn: help, service] v 1: use to one's advantage; “He availed himself of the available resources” 2: be of use to, be useful to; “It will avail them to dispose of their booty” 3: take or use; “She helped herself to some of the office supplies” [syn: help]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Avail Avail \A*vail"\, v. t. & i. See Avale, v. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Avail \A*vail"\, 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. “What signs avail ?” --Milton. [1913 Webster] Words avail very little with me, young man. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Avail \A*vail"\, n. 1. Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail. [1913 Webster] The avail of a deathbed repentance. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction. [1913 Webster] The avails of their own industry. --Stoddard. [1913 Webster] Syn: Use; benefit; utility; profit; service. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] O, what avails me now that honor high ! --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To promote; to assist. [Obs.] --Pope. [1913 Webster] To avail one's self of, to make use of; take advantage of. [1913 Webster] Then shall they seek to avail themselves of names. --Milton. [1913 Webster] I have availed myself of the very first opportunity. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]