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(obsolete, transitive) To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable. / (transitive) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.

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abet

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Source Word

abet

IPA(Pronunciation)

/əˈbɛt/

Verb

obsolete transitive archaic

Japanese Meaning

そそのかす / 扇動する / 助長する

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The kindly teacher attempted to abet the shy student to recite his poem.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

親切な教師は内気な生徒が自分の詩を朗読するように励まそうとした。

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(obsolete, transitive) To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.

Sense（2）

(transitive) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.

By the early Seventies, Playboy was selling seven million copies a month and Hefner's globe-trotting lifestyle was abetted by his private jet, the Big Bunny, that contained a circular bed, an inside disco and a wet bar.

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