"abet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈbɛt/ Audio: en-ca-abet.ogg Forms: abets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From Middle English abetten, abette, from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”), either from Middle Dutch bētan (“incite”) or from Old Norse beita (“to cause to bite, bait, incite”), from Proto-Germanic *baitijaną (“to cause to bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Cognate with Icelandic beita (“to set dogs on; to feed”). Alternate etymology traces the Middle English and Old French words through Old English *ābǣtan (“to hound on”), from ā- + bǣtan (“to bait”), from the same source (Proto-Germanic *baitijaną). See also bait, bet. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeyd-}}, {{inh|en|enm|abetten}} Middle English abetten, {{der|en|fro|abeter||to entice}} Old French abeter (“to entice”), {{der|en|dum|betan|bētan|incite}} Middle Dutch bētan (“incite”), {{der|en|non|beita||to cause to bite, bait, incite}} Old Norse beita (“to cause to bite, bait, incite”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*baitijaną||to cause to bite}} Proto-Germanic *baitijaną (“to cause to bite”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰeyd-||to split}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”), {{cog|is|beita||to set dogs on; to feed}} Icelandic beita (“to set dogs on; to feed”), {{cog|ang|*ābǣtan||to hound on}} Old English *ābǣtan (“to hound on”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*baitijaną}} Proto-Germanic *baitijaną Head templates: {{en-noun}} abet (plural abets)
  1. (obsolete) Fraud or cunning. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-abet-en-noun-M-~U87Fg
  2. (obsolete) An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-abet-en-noun-K6qXSTEy

Verb

IPA: /əˈbɛt/ Audio: en-ca-abet.ogg Forms: abets [present, singular, third-person], abetting [participle, present], abetted [participle, past], abetted [past]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From Middle English abetten, abette, from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”), either from Middle Dutch bētan (“incite”) or from Old Norse beita (“to cause to bite, bait, incite”), from Proto-Germanic *baitijaną (“to cause to bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Cognate with Icelandic beita (“to set dogs on; to feed”). Alternate etymology traces the Middle English and Old French words through Old English *ābǣtan (“to hound on”), from ā- + bǣtan (“to bait”), from the same source (Proto-Germanic *baitijaną). See also bait, bet. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeyd-}}, {{inh|en|enm|abetten}} Middle English abetten, {{der|en|fro|abeter||to entice}} Old French abeter (“to entice”), {{der|en|dum|betan|bētan|incite}} Middle Dutch bētan (“incite”), {{der|en|non|beita||to cause to bite, bait, incite}} Old Norse beita (“to cause to bite, bait, incite”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*baitijaną||to cause to bite}} Proto-Germanic *baitijaną (“to cause to bite”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰeyd-||to split}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”), {{cog|is|beita||to set dogs on; to feed}} Icelandic beita (“to set dogs on; to feed”), {{cog|ang|*ābǣtan||to hound on}} Old English *ābǣtan (“to hound on”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*baitijaną}} Proto-Germanic *baitijaną Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} abet (third-person singular simple present abets, present participle abetting, simple past and past participle abetted)
  1. (transitive, crime) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Crime Synonyms: collude, conspire, connive
    Sense id: en-abet-en-verb-xr1E4acu Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  2. (transitive) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action). Tags: transitive Synonyms: approve, patronize, sanction, support, tolerate Translations (to support, uphold, or aid): поощрявам съдействувам (pooštrjavam) (Bulgarian), podporovat [imperfective] (Czech), napomáhat [imperfective] (Czech), umožňovat [imperfective] (Czech), bijstaan (Dutch), ondersteunen (Dutch), meehelpen aan (Dutch), tukea (Finnish), ylläpitää (Finnish), stützen (German), helfen (German), adjutar (Interlingua), sostenere (Italian), assistir (Portuguese), ajudar (Portuguese), подде́рживать (poddérživatʹ) (Russian), поощря́ть (pooščrjátʹ) (Russian), соде́йствовать (sodéjstvovatʹ) (Russian), ayudar (Spanish), bistå (Swedish), understödja (Swedish), uppvigla (Swedish), tiếp tay (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-abet-en-verb--3gO-iUo Disambiguation of 'to support, uphold, or aid': 8 58 21 13
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable. Tags: obsolete, transitive Synonyms: instigate, foment, encourage, support, incite
    Sense id: en-abet-en-verb-LGE9x5RM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Middle Dutch links with redundant target parameters, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Oromo translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 2 18 10 50 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 3 18 7 60 7 Disambiguation of Middle Dutch links with redundant target parameters: 2 2 24 8 56 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 5 4 15 12 53 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 2 16 11 56 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 4 15 14 46 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 4 4 14 16 49 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 6 5 19 13 46 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 4 17 13 52 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 5 19 12 46 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 5 5 13 12 53 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 4 20 12 48 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 6 4 16 14 49 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 4 3 17 14 53 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 6 4 16 14 48 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 5 4 18 12 52 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 5 4 18 12 52 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 5 4 16 17 43 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 6 4 16 14 49 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Oromo translations: 4 4 16 15 50 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 5 5 14 12 53 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 4 19 11 50 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 4 21 11 50 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 4 18 11 52 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 5 4 19 13 48 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 5 5 14 12 53 12
  4. (obsolete) To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-abet-en-verb-NSAAtGJL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abetment, abettal, abettance, abettee, abetter, abettor, aid and abet, unabetted Translations (to assist or encourage in crime): Saaduu (Afan Oromo), подбуждам (podbuždam) (Bulgarian), подстрекавам (podstrekavam) (Bulgarian), 煽動 (Chinese Mandarin), 煽动 (shāndòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 教唆 (jiàosuō) (Chinese Mandarin), pomáhat [imperfective] (Czech), napomáhat [imperfective] (Czech), podněcovat [imperfective] (Czech), navádět [imperfective] (Czech), aansporen (Dutch), aanmoedigen (Dutch), ophitsen (Dutch), aanzetten (Dutch), yllyttää (english: to encourage) (Finnish), avustaa (english: to assist) (Finnish), encourager (French), წაქეზება (c̣akezeba) (Georgian), წახალისება (c̣axaliseba) (Georgian), ermutigen (German), aufhetzen (German), anstiften (German), aðstoða (Icelandic), incitar (Interlingua), incorariar (Interlingua), neartaigh le (Irish), favoreggiare (Italian), incoraggiare (Italian), istigare (Italian), 煽動する (sendō suru) (alt: せんどうする) (Japanese), همدستی کردن (hamdasti kardan) (Persian), incitar (Portuguese), instigar (Portuguese), подстрека́ть (podstrekátʹ) (Russian), подбива́ть (podbivátʹ) (Russian), подгова́ривать (podgovárivatʹ) (Russian), нау́ськивать (naúsʹkivatʹ) (Russian), incitar (Spanish), anstifta (Swedish), xúi bẩy (Vietnamese), xúi giục (Vietnamese), khích (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'to assist or encourage in crime': 49 2 48 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1876, Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark […] , London: Macmillan, Fit the Sixth.⁠ The Barrister's Dream:",
          "text": "In the matter of Treason the pig would appear / To have aided, but scarcely abetted: / While the charge of Insolvency fails, it is clear, If you grant the plea ‘never indebted.",
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          "ref": "2023 February 17, Michelle Goldberg, “What Fox News Says When You’re Not Listening”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "The brief, a motion for summary judgment in a case stemming from Fox’s egregiously false claims of Dominion-abetted election fraud, offers a portrait of extravagant cynicism.",
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          "ref": "2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 2017-09-28:",
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          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
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          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "bijstaan"
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          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "ondersteunen"
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          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "meehelpen aan"
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          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "tukea"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "ylläpitää"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "stützen"
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          "_dis1": "8 58 21 13",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "helfen"
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          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "adjutar"
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          "_dis1": "8 58 21 13",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "sostenere"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "assistir"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "ajudar"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poddérživatʹ",
          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "подде́рживать"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pooščrjátʹ",
          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "поощря́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 58 21 13",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sodéjstvovatʹ",
          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "соде́йствовать"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 58 21 13",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "ayudar"
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          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "bistå"
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          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "understödja"
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          "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
          "word": "uppvigla"
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          "text": "aid and abet",
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          "ref": "1823, John Galt, Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters:",
          "text": "Those who would exalt themselves by abetting the strength of the Godless, and the wrength of the oppressors.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1851, Charles G. Davis, Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave, page 39:",
          "text": "The Statute provides that whoever has been engaged in aiding, abetting, or assisting, directly or indirectly, is criminal.",
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        {
          "ref": "1876, Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark […] , London: Macmillan, Fit the Sixth.⁠ The Barrister's Dream:",
          "text": "In the matter of Treason the pig would appear / To have aided, but scarcely abetted: / While the charge of Insolvency fails, it is clear, If you grant the plea ‘never indebted.",
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        {
          "ref": "2023 February 17, Michelle Goldberg, “What Fox News Says When You’re Not Listening”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "The brief, a motion for summary judgment in a case stemming from Fox’s egregiously false claims of Dominion-abetted election fraud, offers a portrait of extravagant cynicism.",
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          "text": "Later some of these artistic friends[…]abetted this ecclesiastical view in so far as they renounced pre-Raphaelism and learned to love the baroque; but that was an aesthetic fashion also, and corrupt,[…]",
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          "ref": "2017 September 27, David Browne, “Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 2017-09-28:",
          "text": "By the early Seventies, Playboy was selling seven million copies a month and Hefner's globe-trotting lifestyle was abetted by his private jet, the Big Bunny, that contained a circular bed, an inside disco and a wet bar.",
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      "code": "om",
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      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "Saaduu"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "podbuždam",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "подбуждам"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podstrekavam",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "подстрекавам"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "煽動"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shāndòng",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "煽动"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiàosuō",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "教唆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "pomáhat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
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      "word": "napomáhat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "podněcovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "navádět"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "aansporen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "aanmoedigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "ophitsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "aanzetten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "to encourage",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "yllyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "to assist",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "avustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "encourager"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣akezeba",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "წაქეზება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣axaliseba",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "წახალისება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "ermutigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "aufhetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "anstiften"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "aðstoða"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "incitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "incorariar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "neartaigh le"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "favoreggiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "incoraggiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "istigare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんどうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sendō suru",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "煽動する"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hamdasti kardan",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "همدستی کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "incitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "instigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podstrekátʹ",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "подстрека́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podbivátʹ",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "подбива́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podgovárivatʹ",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "подгова́ривать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naúsʹkivatʹ",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "нау́ськивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "incitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "anstifta"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "xúi bẩy"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "xúi giục"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to assist or encourage in crime",
      "word": "khích"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pooštrjavam",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "поощрявам съдействувам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "podporovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "napomáhat"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "umožňovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "bijstaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "ondersteunen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "meehelpen aan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "tukea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "ylläpitää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "stützen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "helfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "adjutar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "sostenere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "assistir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "ajudar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poddérživatʹ",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "подде́рживать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pooščrjátʹ",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "поощря́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sodéjstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "соде́йствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "ayudar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "bistå"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "understödja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "uppvigla"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to support, uphold, or aid",
      "word": "tiếp tay"
    }
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        "3": "betan",
        "4": "bētan",
        "5": "incite"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch bētan (“incite”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "beita",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to cause to bite, bait, incite"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse beita (“to cause to bite, bait, incite”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*baitijaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to cause to bite"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *baitijaną (“to cause to bite”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰeyd-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to split"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "beita",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to set dogs on; to feed"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic beita (“to set dogs on; to feed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "*ābǣtan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to hound on"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English *ābǣtan (“to hound on”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*baitijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *baitijaną",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English abetten, abette, from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”), either from Middle Dutch bētan (“incite”) or from Old Norse beita (“to cause to bite, bait, incite”), from Proto-Germanic *baitijaną (“to cause to bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Cognate with Icelandic beita (“to set dogs on; to feed”).\nAlternate etymology traces the Middle English and Old French words through Old English *ābǣtan (“to hound on”), from ā- + bǣtan (“to bait”), from the same source (Proto-Germanic *baitijaną).\nSee also bait, bet.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "abets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "abet (plural abets)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Fraud or cunning."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Fraud or cunning."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "help",
          "help"
        ],
        [
          "aid",
          "aid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈbɛt/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-ca-abet.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/En-ca-abet.ogg/En-ca-abet.ogg.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abet"
}

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