abet
verbEtymology
From Middle English abetten, abette, from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”), either from Middle Dutch bētan (“incite”) or from Old Norse beita (“to cause to bite, bait, incite”), from Proto-Germanic *baitijaną (“to cause to bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Cognate with Icelandic beita (“to set dogs on; to feed”). Alternate etymology traces the Middle English and Old French words through Old English *ābǣtan (“to hound on”), from ā- + bǣtan (“to bait”), from the same source (Proto-Germanic *baitijaną). See also bait, bet.
Definitions
To incite
To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
- aid and abet
- Those who would exalt themselves by abetting the strength of the Godless, and the wrength of the oppressors.
- The Statute provides that whoever has been engaged in aiding, abetting, or assisting, directly or indirectly, is criminal.
To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action).
- Our duty is urged, and our confidence abetted.
- Later some of these artistic friends[…]abetted this ecclesiastical view in so far as they renounced pre-Raphaelism and learned to love the baroque; but that was an aesthetic fashion also, and corrupt,[…]
To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
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To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.
Fraud or cunning.
An act of abetting
An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA