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† ˈvailable, a. Obs.
Forms: α. 4–7 vailable, 5–6 vaylable; 5 vaill-, 5–6 vayllable (6 veyll-); 5–6 vaile-, 6 vayleable; 5 waleable (Sc. walable), 6 valeable (Sc. valabill). β. 6 Sc. vailȝieabill, valiabill, -able, 7 Sc. valliable.
[f. vail v.1 + -able. Cf. available a.]
1. Of avail, advantage, or benefit; availing, advantageous, beneficial, profitable, etc.; effectual, efficacious.
a. Const. for, to (unto), or with inf.
(a)1390Gower Conf. III. 136 Wordes that ben resonable, And for this art schal be vailable. Ibid. 198 To al the lond it is vailable Only thurgh grace of his persone. c1407Lydg. Reson & Sens. 948 The Ryvers..wern also ful profitable And vn-to manne ryght vayllable. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 88 b/2 Holy oylle..whiche is moche vayllable to thelthe of sykenesses of many men. 1530Palsgr. 794 Every exemple is as vayllable to the lerner, as thoughe I gave a rule. 1561Godly Q. Hester (1873) 57 The dayly prayer of that hole secte..Eke holy ceremonies of gods prouiseon To god is vaileable.
(b)1390Gower Conf. III. 233 Thei tuo [sc. pity and justice] remuen alle vice, And ben of vertu most vailable To make a kinges regne stable. 1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. xxxiv. 28 b/2 It is moche better & more vaylable to dispose & applie hym to folow thother gode maners & vertues of the holy faders. 1565Harding in Jewel Def. Apol. (1611) 443 For the promise with the deliuery is more vaileable to transfer my right in the horse, then my promise alone.
b. Without const.
c1400Gower in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 8 Aboute a kyng good counseil is to preise, Above alle othre thinges most vailable. c1470G. Ashby Active Policy 475 Whether thei [i.e. servants] be good or nat vailable. 1530Palsgr. Ep. p. v, Howe soever veyllable my poore dilygence hath ben. 1544Betham Precepts War i. cxlix. H ij b, Therefore let the capitaine be sure to haue some man vaileable in feates and strength. a1577Sir T. Smith Commw. Eng. ii. iv, The souldier might bee kept in more strait obedience, without which neuer Captaine can doe any thing vaileable in the warres.
c. Sc. Morally profitable or allowable.
1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 301 A prince suld be amesurit to tak delytis fleschly, nocht vaillable. a1500Ratis Raving, etc. 3663 Kep thaim fra delyt nocht walable, And fra al deid dishonorable.
2. Legally valid or effective.
α1433–4Rolls of Parlt. V. 437/2 In the same Parlement..her seid demenyng of the seid Revenues of the Feoffament be declared as for good and vaillable. 1451Ibid. 214/1 That the Acte made..be vaillable and stond in strengh and force. 1563–4Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 262 Grantis the samin redemptioun als valabill as gif ane decrete of the Lordis of Counsale wer gevin. 1592W. Wyrley Armorie 18 The law did then take the said grant to be good and vailable. a1648Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 403 Whereby it doth plainly appear, that the Sentence given by the Pope to the contrary was not vailable. 1652Wadsworth tr. Sandoval's Civ. Wars Spain 9 Adriano's Commission was dated long before Don Ferdinando's deceas, therefore not valeable.
β1565Inchaffray Charters (S.H.S.) 162 All fredomes..be als valiable and of als greit strenth, force, and effect..as gif [etc.]. c1575Balfour's Practicks (1754) 456 Reversioun is vailȝieabill to redeme the landis fra ony possessour thairof.
3. Sc. Of sufficient means; solvent. rare.
1609Skene Reg. Maj. 77 Gif the debtour confessis the debt, and is not valliable in gudes and geir, to pay the samine. Ibid. 80 Gif the borgh may proue that the principall debtour is vailable. |