Aby
WordNet
verb
(1) Make amends for
"Expiate one's sins"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From from . Cognate with Gothic .
Verb
- To pay for; to buy.
- To pay the penalty for; atone for.
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- Lest to thy peril thou aby it dear. - Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, III,ii
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- To pay as penalty, to suffer.
- To endure, to experience, to tolerate. (Confused with abide.)
- To endure; to abide. (Confused with abide.)
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- But nought that wanteth rest can long aby. - Edmund Spenser
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