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Verb: aby (abought)  u'bI
Usage: archaic
  1. Make up for, compensate or make reparation for wrongdoing or causing offence
    "He tried to aby his mistakes by working overtime";
    - expiate, abye [archaic], atone, make amends

Derived forms: abought, abies

Type of: compensate, correct, redress, right

Encyclopedia: Aby, Lincolnshire