verb
simple past tense and past participle of aby.
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verb (used with object)
1.
Archaic. to pay the penalty of.
verb (used without object) Obsolete.
2.
to endure; continue.
3.
to undergo suffering as a penalty.
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| —vb , abys, abyes, abying, abought | |
| archaic (tr) to pay the penalty for; redeem | |
| [Old English ābycgan to pay for, atone for, from bycgan to buy] | |
| abye or abye | |
| —vb | |
| [Old English ābycgan to pay for, atone for, from bycgan to buy] | |
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