Antonyms for abetted

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-bet

Phonetic Transcription : əˈbɛt

Definition of abetted

Origin : late 14c. (implied in abetting), from Old French abeter "to bait, to harass with dogs," literally "to cause to bite," from a- "to" (see ad-) + beter "to bait," from a Germanic source, perhaps Low Franconian betan "incite," or Old Norse beita "cause to bite," from Proto-Germanic *baitjan, from PIE root *bheid- "to split" (see fissure). Related: Abetted; abetting.

verb assist, help in wrongdoing

Example sentences :

You have abetted him in it, and very kind of you it was to do so.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

Their being aided and abetted by Lysander was sufficient; he sent them away discomfited.
Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon

Mre administered the necessary rebuke, aided and abetted by the daughters.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

"Your Aunt Zilpah has aided and abetted you in your flirting," raged the captain.
Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day

Fortunately, his desire to remain in the background was abetted by Tex Lynch.
Extract from : « Shoe-Bar Stratton » by Joseph Bushnell Ames

She abetted his idleness by supplying him with too much money.
Extract from : « Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks » by H. Irving Hancock

The devil, possibly,” the man had replied, “but aided and abetted by yourself.
Extract from : « Antony Gray,--Gardener » by Leslie Moore

It looks like the five of us have abetted an invasion from Mars.
Extract from : « The Dope on Mars » by John Michael Sharkey

In this, of course, they unwittingly aided and abetted the cereal fakers.
Extract from : « All About Coffee » by William H. Ukers

If any one was imagined to have aided and abetted his flight it was myself and Harry Arnold.
Extract from : « Buckskin Mose » by Buckskin Mose

Synonyms for abetted

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