Definizione monolingua

aby

aby (third-person singular simple present abys, present participle abying, simple past and past participle abought)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pay for; to buy.
2. (transitive, archaic) To pay the penalty for; atone for.

   Lest to thy peril thou aby it dear. - Shakespeare, Midsummer Nights Dream, III,ii

3. (transitive, archaic) To pay as penalty, to suffer.
4. (transitive, archaic) To endure, to experience, to tolerate. (Confused with abide.)
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To endure; to abide. (Confused with abide.)

   But nought that wanteth rest can long aby. - Edmund Spenser

aby

1. so that, in order to, so

Definizione dizionario aby

	espiare
	To atone for.

Altri significati:

(transitive, obsolete) To pay for; to buy.

(transitive, archaic) To pay as penalty, to suffer.

(transitive, archaic) To endure, to experience, to tolerate. ( '''Confused with ''' abide '''.''' )

(transitive, archaic) To pay the penalty for; atone for.

(intransitive, obsolete) To endure; to abide. ( '''Confused with ''' abide '''.''' )