Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Aby"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aby \A*by"\, Abye \A*bye"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Abought}.]
[AS. [=a]bycgan to pay for; pref. [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger.
er-, orig. meaning out) + bycgan to buy. See {Buy}, and cf.
{Abide}.]
1. To pay for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends
for; to give satisfaction. [Obs.]
Lest to thy peril thou aby it dear. --Shak.
2. To endure; to abide. [Obs.]
But nought that wanteth rest can long aby.
--Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aby
v : make amends for; "expiate one's sins" [syn: {expiate}, {abye},
{atone}]
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