aby
Americanverb (used with object)
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abought
past, past participle
verb (used without object)
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abought
past, past participle
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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
All the days of thy life pass by and thou art content thus to aby.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Yet thou, false Squire, his fault shalt deare aby, And with thy punishment his penance shalt supply.
From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Robinson Ellis
"Neither you nor none other may brag that you have heart to attack me, but you shall aby it right dear!"
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans
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 Sebastian Evans
I must troble you once more abought my cosen Tenoson.
From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by H. Wragg
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 Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas
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 Sir Thomas Malory
Thus we have a lost, agone, abought, &c., for lost, gone, bought, &c.,
From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by James Jennings
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