Associations to the word «Aby»

Wiktionary

ABY, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To pay for; to buy. [12th-16th c.]
ABY, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To pay the penalty for; to atone for, to make amends. [from 12th c.]
ABY, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To pay the penalty; atone. [12th-16th c.]
ABY, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To pay as penalty, to suffer. [from 12th c.]
ABY, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) Endure; remain. [14th-16th c.]
ABY, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) (now) (limited to Scotland) Endure; experience; tolerate. [from 16th c.]

Dictionary definition

ABY, verb. Make amends for; "expiate one's sins".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley