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aby (iou)



aby verb. . (Other forms long obsolete.)

verb trans. Buy, pay for. OE-E16.
verb trans. Pay the penalty for, atone for. OE.
E. R. Eddison You shall bitterly aby it.
b. verb intrans. Pay the penalty, atone. ME-L16.
verb trans. Pay as a penalty; suffer. LME.
W. Morris Thou wouldst abye A heavy fate.
= ABIDE (with which aby became formally confused):
a. verb intrans. Endure, remain. LME-L16.
Spenser Nought that wanteth rest can long aby.
b. verb trans. Endure, experience; tolerate. obsolete exc. Scot. L16.
R. L. Stevenson I never could abye the reek of them.