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availeth

Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Availeth is an archaic third-person form of “avails,” meaning is useful, beneficial, effective, or of help, commonly found in older religious and poetic language.

Detailed Definition
This is an archaic verb form meaning “is effective,” “helps,” or “makes a difference.” Clough uses it in the opening line to ask whether struggle truly has any result.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Say not, the struggle nought availeth” uses availeth, meaning helps or succeeds, in a biblical-sounding register; Arthur Hugh Clough’s poem insists that effort may matter even when victory is unseen; the King James Bible’s diction helped establish availeth as a solemn poetic form; a contemporary poet may employ it ironically or reverently to echo sermon, prophecy, or public exhortation
Additional Notes
The verb form in “nought availeth” is archaic and may not be immediately clear to modern readers.; Found in the poem, Say not the Struggle Nought Availeth by Arthur Hugh Clough
Also Known As
benefits serves aids assists
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