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ABY (abought, abye)

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Irregular inflected forms: abought  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, abye  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does aby mean? 

ABY (verb)
  The verb ABY has 1 sense:

1. make amends forplay

  Familiarity information: ABY used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ABY (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make amends for

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

aby; abye; atone; expiate

Context example:

expiate one's sins

Hypernyms (to "aby" is one way to...):

compensate; correct; redress; right (make reparations or amends for)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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