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aby | abs |

As a noun abs is

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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

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    abs

    English

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • absolute temperature
  • (mathematics) Abbreviated form of the absolute value function.
  • Abstract.

    • Noun

    (head) (p)
  • (informal) The abdominal muscles.

    • Usage notes

    The singular (ab) is rarely used.

    Synonyms

    * abdominal muscles * abdominals

    References

    Anagrams

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