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▪ I. disaˈvail, v. ? Obs.
[f. dis- 6 + avail v.]
†1. intr. To be the reverse of advantageous; to be prejudicial or harmful. Obs.
1430Lydg. Chron. Troy v. xxxvi, They..toke nought that might disauayle Unto that lande but it were vitayle. 1549Chaloner Erasm. on Folly I iij a, The same not seeldome disavaileth to the..pleasure of the lyfe.
2. trans. To disadvantage, injure, harm.
1471Marg. Paston in P. Lett. No. 681 III. 24 Lete hym helpe me now, or elles it shall dysawayll hym better than the trebyll the money. a1529Skelton Col. Cloute 1106 Hyndering and dysavaylyng Holy Churche, our Mother. 1530Palsgr. 517/1, I disavayle one, I hynder his avauntage..he hath disavayled me more than an hundred pounde. 1754Richardson Grandison (1781) II. iv. 52 ‘I am an Englishman, gentlemen’, said I..judging..that plea would not disavail me.
▪ II. † disaˈvail, n. Obs.
[f. prec. vb., after avail n.]
Disadvantage, harm, loss.
c1430Lydg. Bochas i. xix. (1558) 33 a Hys wyfe of frowarde doublenes, Which euer wrought to his disauayle. 1603J. Davies Microcosmos Wks. (1876) 11 If subjects' peace and glorie be the King's, And their disgrace and strife his disavaile. |