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adjective

Available adj.

Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea. (Obs.) "Laws human are available by consent."

Such as one may avail one's self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an available measure; an available candidate. "Struggling to redeem, as he did, the available months and days out of so many that were unavailable." "Having no available funds with which to pay the calls on new shares."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Available" Quotes from Famous Books

... that there were enough gunmen in the Sleepy Cat crowd for defensive purposes and that there was no end of available ammunition. A way was found to meet Laramie's objection on every point and it only remained to hatch up a scheme for ...

— Laramie Holds the Range • Frank H. Spearman

... whence he came and to what family he belonged. Then, during the succeeding year, he put them to every test that could prove their powers. He had had a foot-course and a wrestling-ground made ready to test their comparative strength and agility, and took every available means to discover ...

— Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris

... far as the argument presupposes theism it cannot be made to support or even confirm theism. If, then, we want to make the argument absolutely universal with regard to religious beliefs—theism included and not presupposed—and so to make it available for apologetic purposes in regard to those whose doubt is more deep-seated, we must inquire whether any basis can be found for it in non-theistic philosophy; whether, prescinding from Divine governance and from ...

— The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) • George Tyrrell

... want to scratch you, and bite you, and push you into the first available ditch, for a poor coward, who was afraid to take care of the interests of woman, in case she got too well able in the end to take care ...

— Winding Paths • Gertrude Page

... beyond the simplest elements of reading, writing, and number. It is true that certain States, such as Illinois and Wisconsin, have established a system of township high schools, where secondary education equal to that to be had in the cities is available to rural children. In other States a county high school is maintained for the benefit of rural school graduates. In still others, arrangements are made by which those who complete the eight grades ...

— New Ideals in Rural Schools • George Herbert Betts

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