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In some senses, aby is marked as archaic, figuratively, obsolete, informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
aby
/əˈbaɪ/
verb 5name 2noun 2
Collocations
2ADJ.
fond
ABY + NOUN
reproach
Definitions
verb
1
To pay the penalty for (something); to atone for, to make amends.
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
2
To pay (something) as a penalty, to atone for; to suffer (something).
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— […]
3
To endure or tolerate (something); to experience.
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.
4
To pay for (something); to buy.
5
To pay the penalty; to atone.
name
1
A village in Aby with Greenfield parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TL4178).
name
1
A village in south-eastern Ivory Coast.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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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 soon
Wiktionary02
Who dyes the vtmoſt dolor doth abye, / But who that liues, is lefte to waile his loſſe: / So life is loſſe, and death felicity.
Wiktionary03
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— […]
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