A — Autochronograph to Avail (Part 7 of 7)

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.

Words avail very little with me, young man.
Sir W. Scott.

Avail
(A*vail") n.

1. Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.

The avail of a deathbed repentance.
Jer. Taylor.

2. pl. Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.

The avails of their own industry.
Stoddard.

Syn. — Use; benefit; utility; profit; service.

Avail
(A*vail"), v. t. & i. See Avale, v. [Obs.] Spenser.