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Definition of 'aby'English
Alternative forms
* abye
* abuy
Verb
(obsolete) To pay for; to buy. [ ]
(archaic) To pay the penalty for; atone for. [ ]
* Lest to thy peril thou aby it dear. - Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, III,ii
(obsolete) To pay the penalty; atone; to suffer, as a penalty. [ ]
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(archaic) To pay as penalty, to suffer. [ ]
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.4:
- Who dyes, the utmost dolor doth abye ; / But who that lives is lefte to waile his losse [...].
(obsolete) Endure; remain. [ ]
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Usage notes
* |Aby and abide became confused with each other for a period of time.
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