Definitions for abet

abet a·bet

Spelling: [uh-bet]
IPA: /əˈbɛt/

Abet is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in abet (abet).

Definitions for abet

verb (used with object)

  1. to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:

Origin of abet

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-

Examples for abet

He has killed the king's men; and if the baron should aid and abet, he will lose his castle and land.

Yet, far from nudging Rajapaksa toward greater accountability, their presence in Sri Lanka is likely only to abet his rise.

Those who did so used their medical training not to care for patients, but to abet their abuse.

He was there to aid and abet when Wade got hot in the fourth quarter.

Lucy smiled at the bare-faced fraud and hastened to abet it.

How does abet differ from incite and instigate as to the time of the action?

To view these nudes is not quite to abet evil, but it is to undermine decency.

And you will not abet revolutionary measures if you get into Parliament?

Our political leaders need to demand that their colleague step down immediately, not aid and abet the barbarian criminal.

She had striven to aid and abet this distinguished and worthy gentleman in his suit.

Word Value for abet
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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