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vail

1  [veyl] ,
Use vail in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to let sink; lower.
2. Archaic. to take off or doff (one's hat), as in respect or submission.
Origin:
1300–50; ME valen, aph. var. of avalen (now obs.) < MF avaler to move down, v. deriv. of phrase a val down (lit., to the valley) (a to (< L ad) + val vale )
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vail

2  [veyl] ,Archaic.
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
1. to be of use or profit; avail.
–noun
2. a tip; gratuity.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME; aph. var. of avail

vail

3  [veyl] ,Obsolete
–noun
1. a veil.
–verb (used with object)
2. to veil.
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vail 1   (vāl)   
v.   vailed, vail·ing, vails Archaic

v.   tr.

  1. To lower (a banner, for example).

  2. To doff (one's hat) as a token of respect or submission.

v.   intr.

  1. To descend; lower.

  2. To doff one's hat.


[Middle English valen, short for avalen, from Old French avaler, from aval, downward, from Latin ad vallem, to the valley : ad, to; see ad- + vallem, accusative of vallēs, valley; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
vail 2   (vāl)   
n.   Obsolete
Variant of veil.
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