aby
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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to endure; continue.
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to undergo suffering as a penalty.
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Etymology
Origin of aby
before 1100; Middle English abyen, Old English ābycgan. See a- 3, buy
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While Biden was in a meeting with the emperor of Japan, his Twitter account was posting details about administration efforts to address the b aby formula shortage.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2022
And her eyes ran over with tears and she repeated the following verses: Torment, indeed, in this our world, true lovers do aby; Hell shall not torture them, by God, whenas they come to die!
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV by Payne, John
All they of the court are sorry thereof, save Briant and his knights, but well may he yet aby it dear, so God bring Lancelot out or prison.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian
Surely, some foe hath cast an envious eye on us: May he who wrought this thing his just deserts aby!
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John
"Go forth from me," quoth I, "and leave me, censor mine: Feign not that eath and light, that's grievous to aby."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV by Payne, John
And the Red Knight was a wily knight of war, and his wily fighting taught Sir Beaumains to be wise; but he abought it full sore or he did espy his fighting.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
I must troble you once more abought my cosen Tenoson.
From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by Wragg, H.
The kyng enprysoned his sone Edward.And in this yere the quene Margarete com into Engelond; and the citeizens of London reden ageine here in good aray, abought cc persones atte the leeste.
From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir
Thus we have a lost, agone, abought, &c., for lost, gone, bought, &c.,
From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by Jennings, James
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