Aby

/əˈbaɪ/ · verb

Meaning

To pay the penalty for (something); to atone for, to make amends..

Definitions by Sense

1. To pay the penalty for (something); to atone for, to make amends.
2. To pay (something) as a penalty, to atone for; to suffer (something).
3. To endure or tolerate (something); to experience.
4. To pay for (something); to buy.
5. To pay the penalty; to atone.
6. To endure; to remain.

Example Sentences

Foole-hardy Knight, full soone thou shalt aby / This fond reproach, thy body will I hang, [Hee takes down / his pole.] / And loe vpon that string thy teeth shall hang: Prepare thy selfe, for dead soone shalt thou bee

Who dyes the vtmoſt dolor doth abye, / But who that liues, is lefte to waile his loſſe: / So life is loſſe, and death felicity.

We doubt thee not; / Thy tale seems true, nor dost thou glorify / Thyself herein—certes thou wouldst abye / A heavy fate if thou shouldst lie herein— […]

The muckle black deil was father to the Frasers, a'body kens that; and as for the Gregara, I never could abye the reek of them since I could stotter on two feet.

So long as breath, and hable puiſſaunce / Did natiue corage vnto him ſupply, / His pace he freſhly forward did aduaunce, / And carried her beyond all ieopardy, / But nought that wanteth reſt, can long aby.

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Word Forms

• abought
• abye
• abuy
• abie

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