aby

Meaning

1. (archaic, transitive) To pay the penalty for (something); to atone for, to make amends.
2. (archaic, figuratively, transitive) To pay (something) as a penalty, to atone for; to suffer (something).
3. (transitive) To endure or tolerate (something); to experience.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To pay for (something); to buy.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To pay the penalty; to atone.
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To endure; to remain.

Synonyms

abye

expiate

atone

foot

🦶

pay

💸

pay back

pay off

pay out

pay up

pick

⛏️

put up

remit

set back

settle

cost

Translations

expier

espiare

redimir

expiar

gutmachen

compenser

expio

boeten voor

pagar

💸

enmendarse

cezasını çekmek

gönül almak

telafi etmek

büßen

kefaret vermek

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈbaɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: abyen

Inherited from Old English: ābyċġan

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽

In summary

From Middle English abyen, abien, abiggen, from Old English ābyċġan (“to buy; pay for; buy off; requite; recompense; redeem; perform; execute”), from Proto-Germanic *uzbugjaną, equivalent to a- + buy. Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usbugjan). Not related to abide.