Avail oneself of
to be of use or value to; profit; advantage:
all our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change.
to be of use; have force or efficacy; serve; help:
his strength did not avail against the hostile onslaught.
to be of value or profit.
advantage; use; efficacy; effective use in the achievement of a goal or objective:
his belated help will be of little or no avail.
avails, archaic. profits or proceeds.
avail oneself of, to use to one’s advantage:
they availed themselves of the opportunity to hear a free concert.
verb
to be of use, advantage, profit, or -ssistance (to)
avail oneself of, to make use of to one’s advantage
noun
use or advantage (esp in the phrases of no avail, to little avail)
v.
c.1300, availen, apparently a french compound formed in english from old french a- “to” (see ad-) + vailen “to avail,” from vaill-, present stem of valoir “be worth,” from latin valere (see valiant). related: availed; availing. as a noun, from c.1400.
take advantage of, benefit by. for example, to get a better mortgage, he availed himself of the employee credit union. [ late 1500s ]
use, employ, as in i’ll avail myself of the first cab to come along. [ mid-1800s ]
in addition to the idiom beginning with avail
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