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- Practice the English pronunciation of abet with real speech in context.
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- Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child
will rewire that kids nervous system in a way that does not aid and abet their progress
- Definition summary
- (transitive, crime) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. [ca. 1350–1470][2]
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How to pronounce abet
Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child
will rewire that kids nervous system in a way that does not aid and abet their progress
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “abet”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive, crime) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. [ca. 1350–1470][2]
- (transitive) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action). [late 16th c.][2]
- (obsolete, transitive) To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable. [late 14th–early 17th c.][3]
- (obsolete) To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.
- [Noun]
- (obsolete) Fraud or cunning. [mid 12th–mid 14th c.][2]
- (obsolete) An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid. [ca. 1350–1470][2]
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