abet

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Fraud or cunning. obsolete
  2. An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. transitive
    — aid and abet
  2. To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action). transitive
    — Our duty is urged, and our confidence abetted.
  3. To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable. obsolete,transitive
  4. To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet. obsolete

词形变化

abets present,singular,third-person abetting participle,present abetted participle,past abetted past abets plural

词汇关系

衍生词
abetment abettal abettance abettee abetter abettor aid and abet unabetted

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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.
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