Available \A*vail"a*ble\, a.
1. Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the
object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea. [Obs.]
Laws human are available by consent. --Hooker.
2. 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. --Carlyle.
Having no available funds with which to pay the
calls on new shares. --H. Spenser.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |