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avail

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"Use or benefit"

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5 lettersPronunciation /əˈveɪl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aailvStarts with AEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Use, benefit, or practical help.

Word origin

From Middle English availen (“to be of use”), from Old French a (“to”) + vail from valoir (“to be worth”), from Latin valere (“to be worthy, strong”).

Used in a sentence

  • I availed myself of the opportunity.
  • It asserts that the museum has clear protocols for dealing with any form of discrimination or discontent, which it says [Tanya] Barson never availed herself of, […]
  • Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.

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