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Traditional English :: avant-garde
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avance - n. & adj. --n. pioneers or innovators esp. in art and literature. --adj. (of ideas etc.) new, progressive. avant-gardism n. avant-gardist n. [F, = vanguard] |
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English Idioms :: avail
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avance - See: TO NO AVAIL or OF NO AVAIL. |
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Traditional English :: avadavat
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avance - var. of AMADAVAT. |
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Traditional English :: avail
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avance - v. & n. --v. 1 tr. help, benefit.
2 refl. (foll. by of) profit by; take advantage of.
3 intr. a provide help. b be of use, value, or profit. --n. (usu. in neg. or interrog. phrases) use, profit (of no avail; without avail; of what avail?). [ME f. obs. vail (v.) f. OF valoir be worth f. L valere] |
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Traditional English :: available
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avance - adj. (often foll. by to, for) 1 capable of being used; at one's disposal. 2 within one's reach. availability n. availableness n. availably adv. [ME f. AVAIL + -ABLE] |
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Traditional English :: avalanche
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avance - n. & v. --n. 1 a mass of snow and ice, tumbling rapidly down a mountain.
2 a sudden appearance or arrival of anything in large quantities (faced with an avalanche of work). --v. 1 intr. descend like an avalanche.
2 tr. carry down like an avalanche. [F, alt. of dial. lavanche after avaler descend] |
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