单词 | abetting |
释义 | abettingn. The action or fact of abetting a person or a deed, esp. something blameworthy or criminal; encouragement, instigation; assistance. Also: an instance of any of these. ΚΠ ?a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Harl. 3943) (1883) ii. l. 357 If y shold assent Þurgh myn abettyng [a1413 Morgan abet] þat he [sc. Troilus] þin honour shent. a1443 Chancery Petitions (Public Rec. Office) Ser. CP1 File 12 No. 196 (MED) William Thomas knyght, Thomas Herbert Squier..by exitacion and abbettyng of oon John Twenyng monke..with stronge honde and grete multitude..in the saide Priorie entred. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius iii. f. 472 There was a truce taken with Amurathes the Turkish Emperour for tenn yeares by the Hungarianes: not long after league being broken contrary to the law of Armes, by the abetting of the Pope. 1592 L. Andrewes Wonderfull Combate i. f. 5 They take vpon them the abetting of the diuels quarrell. 1629 H. Lynde Via Tuta 26 A great abetting to their whole doctrine. 1673 Bp. G. Burnet Vindic. Church & State Scotl. i. 148 We are not to make any great account of their approving or abetting of these Wars. 1711 G. Smalridge Serm. preach'd at Parish-Church of St. Dunstan 8 The Teaching, Scattering, and Abetting of such Atheistical Principles hath a direct Tendency to the Destruction of Souls. 1767 G. Lyttelton Hist. Henry II II. 398 The abetting of such an act was without question highly criminal in a subject of that kingdom. 1836 Baptist Mag. Nov. 495/1 Is not the abetting of slavery, and even acquiescence in it, a sin? 1863 C. Norton Lost & Saved III. iii. 54 The implied knowledge of her hateful abettings of Milly Nesdale's life of sin..made Mrs. Myra Grey tremble like an aspen. 1921 E. A. Jewell Charmed Circle xix. 125 She even went so far as to credit Kenneth with an out-and-out abetting of her cause. 1993 H. Gardner Creating Minds iv. 111 Contrary to what others, with some abetting from Einstein, were to maintain, the experimental demonstration..did not play a significant role in Einstein's discovery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?a1425 |
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