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Variant of abet

abet Definition

abet (ə bet)

transitive verb abetted abet′·ted, abetting abet′·ting

to incite, sanction, or help, esp. in wrongdoing

Etymology: ME abetten < OFr abeter, to incite < a-, to + beter, to bait < ON beita: see bait

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abetted Usage Examples

Subject

  • government: The WTO's critics are abetted by governments for whom it is also a convenient scapegoat.
  • press: Abetted by a vociferous right-wing press, conservatives have been waging a savage ' culture war ' on Austria's intelligentsia for decades.
  • convulsion: This was abetted by the intellectual convulsions on the academic and political left about the causes and consequences of crime.
  • councilor: The fact is officers have gone from one disaster to another and they've been aided and abetted by some councilors.

Modifying Another Word

  • ably: Guitar wunderkind Bryan Sutton also whipped up a froth with his hot picking ably abetted by a roster of great talents.

Preposition: by

  • government: The WTO's critics are abetted by governments for whom it is also a convenient scapegoat.
  • press: Abetted by a vociferous right-wing press, conservatives have been waging a savage ' culture war ' on Austria's intelligentsia for decades.
  • convulsion: This was abetted by the intellectual convulsions on the academic and political left about the causes and consequences of crime.
  • councilor: The fact is officers have gone from one disaster to another and they've been aided and abetted by some councilors.

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