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Definition of Availed
1. avail [v] - See also: avail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Availed
Literary usage of Availed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"_— , Of all these providential advantages he availed himself with a wisdom,
aptness, anil appropriateness, without a parallel ;—a wis- contemporary, ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"The Hudson Bay Company has always availed itself of this fact by using the
water-ways, even when circuitous and difficult, rather than resort to land-car- ..."
3. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"Finding that the remedies of his physicians availed nothing, it is probable that
he betook himself to God, and therefore decreed the discharge of all debts ..."
4. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1826)
"... some receipts for subscriptions to his Shakspeare, which Johnson had omitted
to deliver when the money was paid, he availed himself of that opportunity ..."
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