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 Definitions of ABET  [əˈbɛt]  

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Definition of 'ABET' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) abet
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usu. in wrongdoing.

Etymology:  (1275–1325; ME abette, OE *ābæmacr;tan to hound on =ā-a -3+bæmacr;tan to bait , akin to bite)

Definition of 'ABET' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) abet
assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
Definition of 'ABET' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) ABET
act of abetting; aid

2. (verb) ABET
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

3. (verb) ABET
to support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense

4. (verb) ABET
to contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense
Translation of 'ABET' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to help or encourage to do something wrong
He abetted his cousin in robbing the bank.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bystaan Arabic flag Arabic: يُسَاعِدُ عَلَى جَرِيمَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: подбуждам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: colaborar Czech flag Czech: podporovat, navádět German flag German: unterstützen, Beihilfe le
Danish flag Danish: tilskynde; opmuntre Greek flag Greek: υποβοηθώ, παρακινώ, υποδα Spanish flag Spanish: incitar, instigar
Estonian flag Estonian: ässitama Farsi flag Farsi: تحریک کردن به کار بد Finnish flag Finnish: yllyttää
French flag French: inciter (à) Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְסַיֵיע בְּפֶּשַע Hindi flag Hindi: बुरे काम के लिये उकसाना
Croatian flag Croatian: potaći Hungarian flag Hungarian: felbujt Indonesian flag Indonesian: menghasut
Icelandic flag Icelandic: aðstoða, hvetja (einkum t Italian flag Italian: istigare Japanese flag Japanese: けしかける
Korean flag Korean: (범죄 등을) 부추기다, 선동하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kurstyti, padėti (padaryt Latvian flag Latvian: kūdīt
Malay flag Malay: bersubahat Dutch flag Dutch: helpen Norwegian flag Norwegian: oppmuntre til (gale handl
Polish flag Polish: wspomagać Persian flag Persian: تحریک کردن به کار بد Pashto flag Pashto: بدو كارونو ته پارول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: colaborar Romanian flag Romanian: a instiga (la) Russian flag Russian: подстрекать
Slovak flag Slovak: naviesť, nahovoriť (na ni Slovenian flag Slovenian: nagovarjati k Serbian flag Serbian: podstaći
Swedish flag Swedish: medverka till, vara medhj Thai flag Thai: ให้กำลังใจ Turkish flag Turkish: arka vermek, teşvik etmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 教唆 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: підбурювати Urdu flag Urdu: ورغلانا، پھسلانا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tiếp tay Chinese flag Chinese: 教唆

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