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available, a.|əˈveɪləb(ə)l| Also 5–6 advayl-, au- avayl-, 6–7 auail-, au- avayle-, au- availeable. [f. avail v. + -able.] I. That may avail. arch. 1. Capable of producing a desired result; of avail, effectual, efficacious. arch. or Obs. exc. as in b.
1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) iii. iii. 162 Yt wyll make his prayers avaylable. 1585Abp. Sandys Serm. (1841) 67 That the mass is a sacrifice available for quick and dead. 1605Timme Quersit. i. iii. 63 That oyle..being as auailable against the falling sicknesse as vitriol. a1699A. Halkett Autobiog. 32 Nothing I could do could be available. b. in Law. Valid.
1451Scotch Hom. in Rymer Foedera (1710) XI. 291 Most advaylable in the Law. 1574tr. Littleton's Tenures 106 a, A release is not avaylable to the tenant..but where a privitye is betwene him, and him yt releaseth. 1622Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 453 After which the bill is held as confessed and au[a]ileable. 1768Blackstone Comm. II. 275 And all charges by him lawfully made..shall be good and available in law. 1876Digby Real Prop. v. §1. 207 Leasehold interests became rights of property (or rights available not only against the lessor, but also against all the world). 2. Of advantage; serviceable, beneficial, profitable (to, unto). arch. (The last quotation passes into 3.)
1474Caxton Chesse ii. v. D iv, To be pietous in herte..is avaylable to alle thyng. 1598Barret Theor. Warres i. ii. 13 It shall be wonderfull auaileable for him to reade Histories. 1614Raleigh Hist. World II. iv. vii. §1. 248 His Mother Veturia, and Volumnia his Wife..were more auaileable to Rome, than was any force of Armes. 1836Recoll. Ho. Lords xvi. 389 Where fair argument is available to his side of the question..he does not have recourse to sophistry. II. That may be ‘availed of.’ 3. Capable of being employed with advantage or turned to account; hence, capable of being made use of, at one's disposal, within one's reach.
1827Faraday Exp. Res. xli. §12. 226 This quantity is..wholly available in the liquid when used as a bleaching agent. 1833I. Taylor Fanat. x. 476 The epistle to the Romans..is available as proof. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. §12. 86 We spent every available hour upon the ice. 1868Rogers Pol. Econ. xv. 213 Lenders..wish..to have their assets as available as they can. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. II. 386 There was no available candidate of the old princely line. |