Meaning

2 senses

  1. (obsolete)Fraud or cunning.

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

Examples

5 sentences

  1. She abetted him in escaping from prison.

    Вона підбурювала його до втечі з в'язниці. — ascolto

    ruОна подстрекала его сбежать из заключения. — Hayabusa

    deSie war ihm bei seinem Gefängnisausbruch behilflich. — Yorwba

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  2. Aiding and abetting the enemy is considered treason.

    deBeihilfe dem Feind zu leisten gilt als Hochverrat. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. You've been found guilty of aiding and abetting the enemy.

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  4. It's illegal to aid and abet another person in committing a felony.

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  5. The conflagration, abetted by fuel that residents stored in their domiciles, razed tin-roofed shacks.

    deDie Feuersbrunst, begünstigt durch Brennstoff, den Bewohner bei sich lagerten, machte zinngedeckte Hütten dem Erdboden gleich. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Origin

From Middle English abetten, abette, from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”)

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”).

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Forms

plural: abets
Singularabet
Pluralabets

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
abductabductionabductoraberrationC2abeyanceabhorC2abhorrenceabhorrentC2
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