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Aby vs Gaby - What's the difference?

aby | gaby |

As a noun gaby is

(regional) a stupid, foolish person; a simpleton; a dunce.

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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    gaby

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (female), from the (etyl) short form of Gabrielle.
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