aby

verb6

1. •
   To endure or tolerate (something); to experience.

   • 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
2. •
   (no longer used) To pay the penalty for (something); to atone for, to make amends.
3. •
   (figurative, no longer used) To pay (something) as a penalty, to atone for; to suffer (something).

   • 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
4. •
   (no longer used) To pay the penalty; to atone.
5. •
   (no longer used) To pay for (something); to buy.
6. •
   (no longer used) To endure; to remain.

noun1

1. •
   (informal) Initialism of Archbishop of York.

noun1

1. •
   The Abyssinian cat.