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单词 disavail
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disavailn.

Brit. /ˌdɪsəˈveɪl/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈveɪl/
Forms: see disavail v.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: disavail v.
Etymology: < disavail v., after avail n.
rare after 17th cent.
Disadvantage, harm; loss.In quot. 1943 as an independent reformation after avail n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > loss > [noun] > disadvantage occasioned by
missa1225
damage1300
loss1377
disavail1423
misture1563
1423–4 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1423 §55. m. 31 Hit semeth resoun wolde he shuld have the disavaille therof, and not the marchant.
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 6348 His wiff, off froward doubilnesse, Which euer wrouhte to his disauail.
a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 10919 (MED) For they were pompous & Ellat..Was to her grete dysavayl, The pryncypal off ther counsayl.
1527 Lydgate's Fall of Pri[n]ces iii. v. f. lxxvii/2 As botes come to lande Nat consydring their crees nor disauayle Whan newfangylnesse bloweth in their saile.
1603 J. Davies Microcosmos Pref. 6 If subiects peace, and glorie be the Kings, And their Disgrace, and strife his disavaile.
1943 Proc. Aristotelian Soc. 43 92 In the absence of these better means it is of little avail—nay, of positive disavail—to insist on the non-legality of international ‘law’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

disavailv.

Brit. /ˌdɪsəˈveɪl/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈveɪl/
Forms: see dis- prefix and avail v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dis- prefix, avail v.
Etymology: < dis- prefix + avail v. Compare disavail n.
1.
a. intransitive. To be disadvantageous; to be prejudicial or harmful to or unto. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [verb (intransitive)]
grievec1350
nuisec1350
unprofita1425
disavailc1425
prejudicate1565
harm1916
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > be disadvantageous [verb (intransitive)]
disavailc1425
unprofit?1541
disconduce1619
to need (something) like a hole in the head1951
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. l. 1243 Þei..toke nat þat myȝt disavaille Vn-to þat lond, but it were vitaille.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1904) I. l. 7602 (MED) Thus departyd there that cownsaylle, Arthewr to worschepe, þe baronage to dysavaylle.
1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Iiij The same not seeldome disavaileth to the..pleasure of the lyfe.
b. transitive. To be disadvantageous or detrimental to; to harm. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [verb (transitive)]
disvail14..
disavail1429
disadvantage?c1550
to weaken the hands of1560
disvantage1567
to take the wind out of the sails of1822
handicap1857
to stack the cards (etc.) against1941
disbenefit1978
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [verb (transitive)] > to person or thing
werdec725
wemc900
forworkOE
evilc1000
teenOE
grievec1230
misdoc1230
mischievec1325
shond1338
endamagec1374
unrighta1393
damagea1400
disvail14..
disavail1429
mischief1437
outrayc1440
prejudice1447
abuse?1473
injuryc1484
danger1488
prejudicate1553
damnify?a1562
wrack1562
inviolate1569
mislestc1573
indemnify1583
qualify1584
interess1587
buse1589
violence1592
injure1597
bane1601
envya1625
prejudiciala1637
founder1655
1429–30 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §18. m. 13 Whether his deliverance be not prejudiciable to þe greet pees,..or muche disavaille or hynder þe kynges conquest in Fraunce.
1471 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 352 Lete hym helpe me now, or ell it shall dysawayll hym better than þe trebyll the money.
a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. D.iiv Hyndering and dysauaylyng Hyly churche our mother.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 517/1 I disavayle one, I hynder his avauntage..he hath disavayled me more than an hundred pounde.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. iv. 50 ‘I am an Englishman, gentlemen’, said I..judging..that plea would not disavail me.
1861 Cedar Falls (Iowa) Gaz. 15 Mar. If secession is invalid..then the Senator from Texas is entitled to a seat, unless an erroneous opinion disavails him.
1877 C. H. Spurgeon Metrop. Tabernacle Pulpit XXII. 119 ‘I was reared like a heathen.’ ‘Well, that is no detriment; it disavails you nothing.’
1996 National Jrnl.'s Congr. Daily (Nexis) 19 July The insertion of the two words would disavail truck drivers who want to organize, and might ultimately harm some motor carrier employees.
2. transitive (reflexive). to disavail oneself of: to deprive oneself of, to forgo; to do oneself out of. Cf. avail v..
ΚΠ
1958 Amer. Imago 15 175 Freud disavailed himself of what for Marx was his Sunday punch: the historical dialectic.
1971 E. Goffman Relations in Public iii. 87 To say goodbye to a loved-one from one's doorstep..is to disavail oneself of the opportunity to follow along with him.
1995 J. Narveson in M. Friedman & J. Narveson Polit. Correctness: For & Against 75 The theorist will have disavailed himself of the pleasure and instruction of reading the most challenging of all political theorists.
2008 C. Epstein Power of Words in Internat. Relations xi. 233 Japan, in relinquishing its reservation, has effectively disavailed itself of its sovereignty card at the IWC.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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