Abet

See also авет

English

Etymology

From Old French abeter from à- + beter (“‘to bait an animal’”), from Old Norse beita (“‘to cause to bite’”), hence to bait, to incite; compare Icelandic beita (“‘to set dogs on", "to feed’”). This in turn was derived from Proto-Germanic *baitjan, from Proto-Indo-European *bheid- (“‘to split’”).

See also bait, bet.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈbɛt/

  Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

Infinitive to Abet

Third person singular abet

Simple past ing

Past participle -

Present participle t

to Abet (third-person singular simple present abet, present participle t, simple past and past participle ing)

1. (transitive) To assist or encourage by aid or countenance, especially in crime.

   He plans to abet an ill-doer.

   He plans to abet in his wicked courses.

   He plans to abet vice.

   He plans to abet an insurrection.

   The robber’s friend will abet by providing the escape car.

   • South: The whole tribe abets the villany.
   • Gay: Would not the fool abet the stealth, Who rashly thus exposed his wealth?

2. (transitive) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid any cause, opinion, or action; to maintain; -- (Obsolete) in a good sense.
3. (transitive) To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain.

   • Jer. Taylor: Our duty is urged, and our confidence abetted.

4. (obsolete) To urge on, stimulate (a person to do something) - first known use 1390
5. (obsolete) To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.

Quotations

For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Synonyms

• (to instigate or encourage by aid or countenance): incite; instigate; set on; egg on; foment; advocate; countenance; encourage; second; uphold; aid; assist; support; sustain; back; connive at.

Translations

to assist or encourage in crime

Bulgarian: подбуждам, подстрекавам bg(bg) Dutch: aansporen nl(nl), aanmoedigen nl(nl), ophitsen nl(nl) Finnish: yllyttää fi(fi), avustaa fi(fi) French: encourager fr(fr) German: ermutigen de(de), aufhetzen de(de), anstiften de(de) Interlingua: incitar ia(ia), incorariar ia(ia)

Italian: incoraggiare it(it) Persian: همدستی کردن fa(fa) (hamdasti kardan) Portuguese: incitar pt(pt), instigar pt(pt) Russian: подстрекать ru(ru) (podstrekát') Spanish: incitar es(es) Vietnamese: xúi bẩy vi(vi), xúi giục vi(vi), khích vi(vi)

to support, uphold, or aid

Bulgarian: поощрявам, съдействувам bg(bg) Dutch: bijstaan nl(nl), ondersteunen nl(nl) Finnish: tukea fi(fi), ylläpitää fi(fi) German: stützen de(de), helfen de(de) Interlingua: adjutar ia(ia)

Italian: sostenere it(it), Portuguese: assistir pt(pt), ajudar pt(pt) Russian: поддерживать ru(ru) (poddérživat') Vietnamese: tiếp tay vi(vi)

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Norwegian: tilskynde, hjelpe

Swedish: medverka, bistå

Noun

Singular Abet

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Abet ({{{1}}})

1. (obsolete) An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid.

Shorthand

• Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified,Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - e - t

Anagrams

• abet,
• bate
• beat
• beta, Beta

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Danish

Verb

Abet

1. Past participle of abe.

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