Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to aby
Participle: abyed
Gerund: abying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | aby |
| you | aby |
| he;she;it | abys |
| we | aby |
| you | aby |
| they | aby |
Perfect
| I | have abyed |
| you | have abyed |
| he;she;it | has abyed |
| we | have abyed |
| you | have abyed |
| they | have abyed |
Past
| I | abyed |
| you | abyed |
| he;she;it | abyed |
| we | abyed |
| you | abyed |
| they | abyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had abyed |
| you | had abyed |
| he;she;it | had abyed |
| we | had abyed |
| you | had abyed |
| they | had abyed |
Future
| I | will aby |
| you | will aby |
| he;she;it | will aby |
| we | will aby |
| you | will aby |
| they | will aby |
Future Perfect
| I | will have abyed |
| you | will have abyed |
| he;she;it | will have abyed |
| we | will have abyed |
| you | will have abyed |
| they | will have abyed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | aby |
| you | aby |
| he;she;it | aby |
| we | aby |
| you | aby |
| they | aby |
Perfect
| I | have abyed |
| you | have abyed |
| he;she;it | have abyed |
| we | have abyed |
| you | have abyed |
| they | have abyed |
Imperfect
| I | abyed |
| you | abyed |
| he;she;it | abyed |
| we | abyed |
| you | abyed |
| they | abyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had abyed |
| you | had abyed |
| he;she;it | had abyed |
| we | had abyed |
| you | had abyed |
| they | had abyed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would aby |
| you | would aby |
| he;she;it | would aby |
| we | would aby |
| you | would aby |
| they | would aby |
Perfect
| I | would have abyed |
| you | would have abyed |
| he;she;it | would have abyed |
| we | would have abyed |
| you | would have abyed |
| they | would have abyed |
Imperative
| you | aby |
| we | Let's aby |
| you | aby |
Verbs conjugated like 'aby'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'aby'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to pay for
- buy
- to endure
- persist, tolerate, thole
- to tolerate
- stick, stomach, tolerate
- to receive goods or services in exchange for money
- buy, cheap, procure, purchase, snap up
- to continue to exist
- abide, endure, go on, hold on, last, live, persist, remain, stick, stick it out, stick out
- to allow something unpleasant to exist or occur
- abear, abide, accept, allow, bear, bide, brook, dree, endure, forbear, go along with, live with, pass, pocket, pouch, put up with, stand, stick, stomach, suffer, swallow, take sitting down, tolerate, thole, undergang, undergo
- To pay the penalty
- atone
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
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. See: Middle English '
abyen', Proto-Germanic '
*uzbugjaną'.
Sample Sentences
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Foole-hardy Knight, full soone thou shalt aby / This fond reproach, thy body will I hang, [Hee takes down / his pole.] / And loe vpon that string thy teeth shall hang: Prepare thy selfe, for dead soone shalt thou bee [1607 (first performance), [Francis Beaumont], The Knight of the Burning Pestle, London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Walter Burre, […], published 1613, →OCLC, Act III, signature G, recto:]
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Who dyes the vtmoſt dolor doth abye, / But who that liues, is lefte to waile his loſſe: / So life is loſſe, and death felicity. [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 38, page 455:]
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We doubt thee not; / Thy tale seems true, nor dost thou glorify / Thyself herein—certes thou wouldst abye / A heavy fate if thou shouldst lie herein— […] [1870, William Morris, “February: Bellerophon in Lycia”, in The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, part IV, London: F[rederick] S[tartridge] Ellis, […], →OCLC, page 339:]
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The muckle black deil was father to the Frasers, a'body kens that; and as for the Gregara, I never could abye the reek of them since I could stotter on two feet. [1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Wood by Silvermills”, in Catriona, London; Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson & Sons, →OCLC, page 131:]
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So long as breath, and hable puiſſaunce / Did natiue corage vnto him ſupply, / His pace he freſhly forward did aduaunce, / And carried her beyond all ieopardy, / But nought that wanteth reſt, can long aby. [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 3, pages 494–495:]