Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to avail
Participle: availed
Gerund: availing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | avail |
| you | avail |
| he;she;it | avails |
| we | avail |
| you | avail |
| they | avail |
Perfect
| I | have availed |
| you | have availed |
| he;she;it | has availed |
| we | have availed |
| you | have availed |
| they | have availed |
Past
| I | availed |
| you | availed |
| he;she;it | availed |
| we | availed |
| you | availed |
| they | availed |
Pluperfect
| I | had availed |
| you | had availed |
| he;she;it | had availed |
| we | had availed |
| you | had availed |
| they | had availed |
Future
| I | will avail |
| you | will avail |
| he;she;it | will avail |
| we | will avail |
| you | will avail |
| they | will avail |
Future Perfect
| I | will have availed |
| you | will have availed |
| he;she;it | will have availed |
| we | will have availed |
| you | will have availed |
| they | will have availed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | avail |
| you | avail |
| he;she;it | avail |
| we | avail |
| you | avail |
| they | avail |
Perfect
| I | have availed |
| you | have availed |
| he;she;it | have availed |
| we | have availed |
| you | have availed |
| they | have availed |
Imperfect
| I | availed |
| you | availed |
| he;she;it | availed |
| we | availed |
| you | availed |
| they | availed |
Pluperfect
| I | had availed |
| you | had availed |
| he;she;it | had availed |
| we | had availed |
| you | had availed |
| they | had availed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would avail |
| you | would avail |
| he;she;it | would avail |
| we | would avail |
| you | would avail |
| they | would avail |
Perfect
| I | would have availed |
| you | would have availed |
| he;she;it | would have availed |
| we | would have availed |
| you | would have availed |
| they | would have availed |
Imperative
| you | avail |
| we | Let's avail |
| you | avail |
Verbs conjugated like 'avail'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'avail'
vail,
ail,
amain,
anoil,
anvil,
apair,
assail,
aumail,
avale,
avel,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300,
availen, from
a- "to" +
vailen "to avail," from O.Fr.
vaill-, stem of
valoir "be worth," from L.
valere (see valiant).
Available (1451) originally meant "valid, effective;" sense of "at one's disposal, capable of being availed of" first recorded 1827.
2. 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”). See: Middle English '
availen'.
Sample Sentences
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At George Town, in the suburbs, there is a Jesuit College; delightfully situated, and, so far as I had an opportunity of seeing, well managed. Many persons who are not members of the Romish Church, avail themselves, I believe, of these institutions, and of the advantageous opportunities they afford for the education of their children. The heights of this neighbourhood, above the Potomac River, are [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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We arrived at Louisville on the fourth night, and gladly availed ourselves of its excellent hotel. Next day we went on in the Ben Franklin, a beautiful mail steamboat, and reached Cincinnati shortly after midnight. Being by this time nearly tired of sleeping [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] dead of night, had been heard descending the garret stairs, and patrolling the house. In vain the doors of the upper entry had been locked; the ghost either carried a duplicate key in its pocket, or availed itself of a ghost's immemorial privilege of coming through the keyhole, and promenaded as before, with a freedom that was alarming.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)