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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•bet /əˈbɛt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], a•bet•ted, a•bet•ting. - to help, usually in doing something wrong:a charge of abetting the enemy.
a•bet•ment, n. [uncountable]a•bet•tor, a•bet•ter, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•bet (ə bet′),USA pronunciation v.t., a•bet•ted, a•bet•ting. - to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:to abet a swindler; to abet a crime.
- Middle English abette (whence Old French abeter, unless perh. the latter, of Gmc origin, originally, be the source for the Middle English), Old English *ābǣtan to hound on, equivalent. to ā- a-3 + bǣtan to bait, akin to bite 1275–1325
help, aid, assist; promote. |