Abet

v. t.	1.	To instigate or encourage by aid or countenance; - used in a bad sense of persons and acts; as, to abet an ill-doer; to abet one in his wicked courses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection. [imp. & p. p. Abetted ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Abetting.] Would not the fool abet the stealth, Who rashly thus exposed his wealth? - Gay.
	2.	To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; - in a good sense. Our duty is urged, and our confidence abetted. - Jer. Taylor.
	3.	(Law) To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense.
n.	1.	Act of abetting; aid.

Verb

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abet - assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing

TO ABET, crim. law. To encourage or set another on to commit a crime. This word is always taken in a bad sense. To abet another to commit a murder, is to command, procure, or counsel him to commit it. Old Nat. Brev 21; Col Litt. 475.

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