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abye (root: aby)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb abye has 1 sense
- abye(v = verb.social) aby, atone, expiate - make amends for; "expiate one's sins" is one way to compensate, correct, redress, right
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
abye, v. t. & i. [AS. ābycgan to pay for; pref. ā- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + bycgan to buy. See Buy, and cf. Abide.].
- To pay for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction. [1913 Webster]"Lest to thy peril thou aby it dear." [1913 Webster]
- To endure; to abide. [1913 Webster]"But nought that wanteth rest can long aby." [1913 Webster]
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