aby

Meanings

Verb

make amends for
To pay the penalty for (something); to atone for, to make amends.
To pay (something) as a penalty, to atone for; to suffer (something).
To endure or tolerate (something); to experience.
To pay for (something); to buy.
To pay the penalty; to atone.
To endure; to remain.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

abear, abide, aby, abye, accept, allow, astand, atone, bear, bide, brook, buy, cheap, dree, endure, expiate, forbear, go along with, go on, hold on, last, lie, live, live with, make up, pass, persist, pocket, pouch, prevail, procure, propitiate, purchase, put up with, remain, snap up, stand, stick, stick it out, stick out, stomach, suffer, sustain, swallow, take, take sitting down, thole, tolerate, undergang, undergo

Scrabble Score: 8

aby is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
aby is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
aby is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

aby is a valid Words With Friends word