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abet

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a·bet  (-bt)
tr.v. a·bet·ted, a·bet·ting, a·bets
1. To approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on.
2. To urge, encourage, or help (a person): abetted the thief in robbing the bank.
[Middle English abetten, from Old French abeter, to entice : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + beter, to bait; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]
a·betment n.
a·bettor, a·better n.
abet
Verb
[abetting, abetted] to help or encourage in wrongdoing [Old French abeter to lure on]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.abetabet - assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
assist - act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function
abet
verb 1. help, aid, encourage, sustain, assist, uphold, back, second, incite, egg on, succour
verb 2. encourage, further, forward, promote, urge, boost, prompt, spur, foster, incite, connive at
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That the said Quinbus Flestrin, contrary to the duty of a faithful subject, is now preparing to make a voyage to the court and empire of Blefuscu, for which he has received only verbal license from his imperial majesty; and, under colour of the said license, does falsely and traitorously intend to take the said voyage, and thereby to aid, comfort, and abet the emperor of Blefuscu, so lately an enemy, and in open war with his imperial majesty aforesaid.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
Even Lady Janet was not far enough gone in folly to abet him in this.
The New Magdalen by Collins, Wilkie View in context
They wonder why I am not ready to abet and whet their wisdom: as if they had not yet enough of wiseacres, whose voices grate on mine ear like slate- pencils!
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
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