availablenessn.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [noun]
mainOE
mightOE
strengthOE
efficace?c1225
bootingc1300
effectc1390
powera1393
boota1400
efficacity1430
operationc1450
valure1483
feck1495
efficacy1527
effectualness1545
effectuousnessa1576
validity1593
effectiveness1607
workingness1611
efficaciousnessa1628
operativeness1627
efficiency1633
effectualitya1641
energy1668
availablenessa1676
availment1699
potentialness1727
affectingnessa1774
effectivity1838
efficience1865
well working1879
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 225 The efficacy, or availableness, or accommodation, or suitableness of these Reductives to the end proposed.
2. = availability n. 1a, 1b.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] > usableness > availability
availability1803
disposability1830
availableness1837
disponibility1862
disposableness1880
1837 J. H. Newman Lect. Prophetical Office Church 41 The accuracy and availableness of their existing Tradition.
1842 R. W. Emerson Conservative in Nature, Ess. & Lect. on Times (1844) 109 It goes for availableness in its candidate, and not for worth.
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