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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin