Definition
abye
verb
- to pay the penalty for; to suffer for or atone for
Usage: archaic; chiefly literary
Examples
- He must abye his crimes before the court.
- The villain will abye his treachery in due time.
- She had to abye the consequences of her rash decision.
- In old tales, wrongdoers abye their misdeeds through hardship.
- He shall abye every false word he has spoken.