aby

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 Czech 2.1 Conjunction 3 Polish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Conjunction

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• abye

[edit] Etymology

From Old English ābycgan (corresponding to a- + buy), from Proto-Germanic. Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usbugjan).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈbaɪ/

  Rhymes: -aɪ

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[edit] Verb

to aby (third-person singular simple present abies, present participle abying, simple past and past participle abought)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pay for; to buy.
2. (transitive, archaic) To pay the penalty for; atone for.

   • Lest to thy peril thou aby it dear. - Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, III,ii

3. (transitive, archaic) To pay as penalty, to suffer.
4. (transitive, archaic) To endure, to experience, to tolerate. (Confused with abide.)
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To endure; to abide. (Confused with abide.)

   • But nought that wanteth rest can long aby. - Edmund Spenser

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aby
• bay, Bay

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Conjunction

aby

1. so that, in order to, so

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[edit] Polish

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• IPA: /ˈabɨ/

[edit] Conjunction

aby

1. to, in order to, so that