abets
Meaning of abets
verb, 3rd person present
- encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime.
he was not guilty of murder but was guilty of aiding and abetting others
late Middle English (in the sense ‘urge to do something good or bad’): from Old French abeter, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + beter ‘hound, urge on’.
Information about abets
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of abets is: abet.
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Hyphenation of abets
abets
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- abets is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
abets synonyms
Meaning help (someone), typically by doing a share of the work:
Meaning help or support (someone or something) in the achievement of something:
Meaning make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources:
Meaning give assistance to, especially financially:
Meaning give financial, material, or moral support to:
Meaning stimulate the development of (an activity, state, or belief):
Meaning formally support or endorse (a nomination or resolution or its proposer) as a necessary preliminary to adoption or further discussion:
Meaning declare one's public approval or support of:
Meaning help or encourage (something) to increase or improve:
Meaning vigorously support or defend the cause of:
Meaning give official permission or approval for (an action):
Meaning support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.); further the progress of:
Meaning help the progress or development of (something); promote:
Meaning make (an action or process) happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly:
Meaning exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself:
abets antonyms
Meaning make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen:
Anagrams of abets
baste, Bates, bates, beast, Beats, beats, besat, Betas, betas, esbat, Sebat, sebat, tabes
Words that rhyme with abets
bets, alphabets, analphabets, drabbets, ebbets, flibbertigibbets, gibbets, gobbets, rabbets, Tebets, Thibets, quodlibets, thibets, zibets, gambets, zerumbets, barbets, overbets, sherbets, sorbets
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