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abetter

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a⋅bet⋅tor

  [uh-bet-er]
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–noun
a person who abets.
Also, a⋅bet⋅ter.

Origin:
1505–15; < AF abettour. See abet, -or 2
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a·bet   (ə-bět')   
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·bet'ment n., a·bet'tor, a·bet'ter n.
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