1. verb
a) To turn to the advantage of
I availed myself of the opportunity.
b) To be of service to.
Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.
2. noun
For I wold haue the swerd more for your auaylle than for myne, for I am passyng heuy for your sake.
b) Proceeds; profits from business transactions.
I tried fixing it, to no avail.
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