abet

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1. abet - Noun

2. abet - Verb

Meaning

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.

To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense.

To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense.

Act of abetting; aid.

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There is no such thing as the universal ‘Man' never has been, never will be, there is the worker and there is the one who exploits the worker and those who abet him. Elfriede Jelinek

[An attorney] can find it consistent with his dignity to turn wrong into right, and right into wrong, to abet a lie, nay to create, disseminate, and with all the play of his wit, give strength to the basest of lies, on behalf of the basest of scoundrels. Anthony Trollope

I don't judge people. I don't even judge people on 'The Voice.' I'm a coach. I'm there for constructive criticism and to aid and abet and discover new talent. Cee Lo Green

We are here to witness the creation and to abet it. Annie Dillard

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it. Gordon Parks

No state should be allowed to profess partnership with the global coalition against terror, while continuing to aid, abet and sponsor terrorism. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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