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Postby Bailey » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:27 pm

a·bet (-bt)
tr.v. a·bet·ted, a·bet·ting, a·bets
1. To approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on.
2. To urge, encourage, or help (a person): abetted the thief in robbing the bank.



[Middle English abetten, from Old French abeter, to entice : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + beter, to bait; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]



a·betment n.
a·bettor, a·better n.
both good guys and bad guys aid and abet each other.

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Postby Perry » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:47 pm

Some people, I wouldn't abet on a bet!
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Postby skinem » Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:02 pm

"No abetting from the peanut gallery!"

Nope. Just doesn't have the same ring to it...
It's just not a word you typically hear outside of legalese.

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Postby gailr » Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:00 am

Aid & abet; sounds like too many children packed into a pioneer attic.

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