aby

Verb

Verb Forms: abought, abying, abys

To pay a penalty for; to atone for.
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.

Examples

You’ll aby that mistake of opening up the triple word score for me.

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

abye, atone, expiate, abear, abide, aby, accept, allow, astand, bear, bide, brook, buy, cheap, dree, endure, 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: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
aby: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
aby: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

aby: valid Words With Friends Word