Abet

a·bet [uh-bet]
verb (used with object), 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.
==Origin== 
1275–1325; Middle English abette (whence Old French abeter, unless perhaps the latter, of Germanic orig., be the source for the ME), Old English *ābǣtan to hound on, equivalent to ā- a-3 + bǣtan to bait, akin to bite
==Related forms==
a·bet·ment, a·bet·tal, noun
un·a·bet·ted, adjective
un·a·bet·ting, adjective
==Other Meanings==
===World English Dictionary===
abet (əˈbɛt) 
 
— vb , abets , abetting , abetted
( tr ) to assist or encourage, esp in crime or wrongdoing
 
a'betment
 
— n
 
a'bettal
 
— n
 
a'better
 
— n
 
a'bettor
 
— n
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