Chapter Autochronograph to Avail of A by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Auxesis
(||Aux*e"sis) n. [NL., Gr. increase, fr. to increase.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.

Auxetic
(Aux*et"ic) a. Pertaining to, or containing, auxesis; amplifying.

Auxiliar
(Aux*il"iar) a. [L. auxiliaris: cf. F. auxiliaire. See Auxiliary.] Auxiliary. [Archaic]

The auxiliar troops and Trojan hosts appear.
Pope.

Auxiliar
(Aux*il"iar), n. An auxiliary. [Archaic] Milton.

Auxiliarly
(Aux*il"iar*ly), adv. By way of help. Harris.

Auxiliary
(Aux*il"ia*ry) a. [L. auxiliarius, fr. auxilium help, aid, fr. augere to increase.] Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.

Auxiliary scales (Mus.), the scales of relative or attendant keys. See under Attendant, a. — Auxiliary verbs (Gram.). See Auxiliary, n., 3.

Auxiliary
(Aux*il"ia*ry), n.; pl. Auxiliaries

1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or enterprise.

2. (Mil.) pl. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; a member of the allied or subsidiary force.

3. (Gram.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and tenses of other verbs; — called, also, an auxiliary verb; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will, in English; être and avoir, in French; avere and essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.

4. (Math.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulæ. Math. Dict.

Auxiliatory
(Aux*il"ia*to*ry) a. Auxiliary; helping. [Obs.]

Ava
(||A"va) n. Same as Kava. Johnston.

Avadavat
(Av`a*da*vat") n. Same as Amadavat.

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.

O, what avails me now that honor high !
Milton.

2. To promote; to assist. [Obs.] Pope.

To avail one's self of, to make use of; take advantage of.

Then shall they seek to avail themselves of names.
Milton.

I have availed myself of the very first opportunity.
Dickens.