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Abye, Aby v. t. & v. i. (past & past part. abought; pres. part. abying)

To pay for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction. (Obs.)

Synonyms: expiate "Lest to thy peril thou aby it dear."

To endure; to abide. (Obs.) "But nought that wanteth rest can long aby."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Abye" Quotes from Famous Books

... Antiochus on steed leap, Of none woundes ne took he keep, And eke he had foure forde All ymade with speares' ord.[6] Tholomeus and all his felawen[7] Of this succour so weren welfawen, Alysander made a cry hardy, 'Ore tost aby aby.' Then the knightes of Achay Jousted with them of Araby, They of Rome with them of Mede, Many land.... Egypt jousted with them of Tyre, Simple knights with riche sire: There n'as foregift ne forbearing Betweene vavasour[8] ne king; Before men mighten and behind Cunteck[9] seek and ...

— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan

... Part of it is mountainous, the remainder a flat country. There are at present no inhabited villages in the Zoueit. Its ruined places are Erhab, Eydoun, Dadjemye, Djebe, Kafkafa, Mytwarnol, Boeidha, Khereysan, Kherbet, Szamara, Khenezein, Remeith, Abou Ayad, El Matouye, Essaherye, Ain Aby, Eddhaleil, Ayoun. It forms the southern parts of ...

— Travels in Syria and the Holy Land • John Burckhardt

Words linked to "Abye" : correct, expiate, compensate