English Dictionary

abet

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈbɛt/

動詞

廃用 他動詞 古語

(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.

日本語の意味

そそのかす / 扇動する / 助長する

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

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。

意味（1）

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

意味（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.

意味（3）

(transitive, archaic) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action); to maintain.

Our duty is urged, and our confidence abetted.

意味（4）

(obsolete) To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.

abets （ present singular third-person ）

abetting （ participle present ）

abetted （ participle past ）

abetted （ past ）