aby
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
aby (abys, present participle abying; past and past participle abought)
- (transitive, obsolete) To pay for; to buy. [12th-16th c.]
- (transitive, archaic) To pay the penalty for; to atone for, to make amends. [from 12th c.]
- (intransitive, obsolete) To pay the penalty; atone. [12th-16th c.]
- (transitive, archaic) To pay as penalty, to suffer. [from 12th c.]
- (intransitive, obsolete) Endure; remain. [14th-16th c.]
- (transitive, obsolete, now, limited to Scotland) Endure; experience; tolerate. [from 16th c.]
- (to pay for) purchase, procure; See also Thesaurus:buy
- (to pay the penalty for) make amends, make up
- (to pay the penalty) atone, expiate, propitiate
- (to pay as penalty) suffer, sustain
- (to endure) go on, hold on; See also Thesaurus:persist
- (to tolerate) brook, put up with; See also Thesaurus:tolerate
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