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Aby vs Abe - What's the difference?

aby | abe |

As a noun abe is

tree.

aby

English

Alternative forms

* abye * abuy

Verb

  • (obsolete) To pay for; to buy.
  • (archaic) To pay the penalty for; atone for.
  • * Lest to thy peril thou aby it dear. - Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, III,ii
  • (obsolete) To pay the penalty; atone; to suffer, as a penalty.
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  • (archaic) To pay as penalty, to suffer.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.4:
    • Who dyes, the utmost dolor doth abye ; / But who that lives is lefte to waile his losse [...].
  • (obsolete) Endure; remain.
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    • Usage notes

    * , Aby and abide became confused with each other for a period of time.

    References

    English three-letter words ----

    abe

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given name Abraham.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, US) A five-dollar bill.
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    • Anagrams

    * * English diminutives of male given names English three-letter words ----