Dictionary Entry
abet
abet is a 4-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense.
- 3transitive verb
To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense.
- 4noun
Act of abetting; aid.
- 5verb
assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
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