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

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche