| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·bet |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -b t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: a·bet·ted, a·bet·ting, a·bets
1. To approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on. 2. To urge, encourage, or help (a person): abetted the thief in robbing the bank. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English abetten, from Old French abeter, to entice : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad–) + beter, to bait; see bheid- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | a·betment —NOUN
a·bettor, a·better —NOUN
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