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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of avail.

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Examples

  • To be precise the word availed means that they gave me, for reasonable sums of money, what the Law says is entirely legal—“hand relief.”

    Noble Norfleet Reynolds Price 2002

  • To be precise the word availed means that they gave me, for reasonable sums of money, what the Law says is entirely legal—“hand relief.”

    Noble Norfleet Reynolds Price 2002

  • Gin availed himself of one of the comfortable seats that were available in the reception, and waited whilst the receptionist spoke quickly and quietly into a phone.

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  • Gin availed himself of one of the comfortable seats that were available in the reception, and waited whilst the receptionist spoke quickly and quietly into a phone.

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  • Gin availed himself of one of the comfortable seats that were available in the reception, and waited whilst the receptionist spoke quickly and quietly into a phone.

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  • But this great ally chanced to be out of town, and his name availed Maitland nothing in his interview with the Juge d'Instruction.

    The Mark Of Cain Andrew Lang 1878

  • And beside him is stretched that slayer-of-men with knife-wounds sick: 109 no sword availed on the awesome thing in any wise to work a wound.

    Beowulf 2003

  • And beside him is stretched that slayer-of-men with knife-wounds sick: 109 no sword availed on the awesome thing in any wise to work a wound.

    Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere 2003

  • And beside him is stretched that slayer-of-men with knife-wounds sick: 109 no sword availed on the awesome thing in any wise to work a wound.

    Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere 2003

  • And beside him is stretched that slayer-of-men with knife-wounds sick: {38b} no sword availed on the awesome thing in any wise to work a wound.

    Beowulf Anonymous 1887

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