Definition of "availing" []

• Present participle of avail. (verb)
• Efficacious. (adjective)
• Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (noun)

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• "I for one do not believe that it is the possession of secular knowledge that makes one more efficient and patriotic in availing the best of democracy .."
• "Since passage of new legislation to this end would have been difficult to secure, the activity has taken the form of encouraging measures to strengthen the hand of the Executive Departments of the United States Government in availing themselves of the discretionary authority given them under existing legislation."
• "He lost no time in availing himself of this, and the amazed Spaniards at the village of Nord Aa suddenly beheld this fear-inspiring flotilla bearing down upon them from an entirely unexpected direction."