abettor en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [-ɾɚ] (General-American)
- /əˈbɛtɚ/ (General-American)
- /əˈbɛtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
From Middle English abettour, from Anglo-Norman abettour, from Old French abeter + -our (“-or”). See abet. By surface analysis, abet + -or.
Meanings
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One that abets an offender; one that incites, instigates, or encourages.
Thou foul abettor! thou notorious bawd! Thou plantest scandal and displacest laud:
1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:
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A supporter or advocate.
[…] when he recollected that, being there as an assistant, he actually seemed—no matter what unhappy train of circumstances had brought him to that pass—to be the aider and abettor of a system which filled him with honest disgust and indignation, he loathed himself […]
1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 8, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| abettors | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| abetter | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
aid · accomplice · helper · accessory · assistant · cooperator · ally · confederate · advocate
Translations (53)
ru подстрека́тельница (inciter) · ru соуча́стник (accomplice) · es cómplice (accomplice) · it complice (accomplice) · cs podněcovatel (inciter) · ru посо́бница (accomplice) · ru соо́бщник (accomplice) · it favoreggiatrice (inciter) · it favoreggiatore (inciter) · it fomentatore (inciter) · ia complice (accomplice) · ru подстрека́тель (inciter) · de Anstachler (inciter) · ja 教唆犯 (inciter) · fi avunantaja (accomplice) · pt cúmplice (accomplice) · fr complice (accomplice) · cmn 教唆犯 (inciter) · cmn 幫兇 /幫凶 /帮凶 (inciter) · cs spoluviník (accomplice) · it agitatrice (inciter) · de Anstifter (inciter) · de Komplize (accomplice) · it istigatrice (inciter) · fr incitateur (inciter) · it fiancheggiatrice (inciter) · it aizzatore (inciter) · ru посо́бник (accomplice) · bg подстрека́тел (inciter) · it fiancheggiatore (inciter) · nl opstoker (inciter) · de Mittäter (accomplice) · de Helfershelfer (accomplice) · de Anstifterin (inciter) · cmn 幫兇 /幫凶 /帮凶 (accomplice) · it agitatore (inciter) · pt incitador (inciter) · fi yllyttäjä (inciter) · it aizzatrice (inciter) · nl medeplichtige (accomplice) · de Kumpan (accomplice) · ja 教唆者 (inciter) · ru соуча́стница (accomplice) · it fomentatrice (inciter) · sv anstiftare (accomplice) · it istigatore (inciter) · nl ophitser (inciter) · ja 共犯者 (accomplice) · ru соо́бщница (accomplice) · nl aanstichter (inciter) · ga neartaitheoir (accomplice) · fr incitatrice (inciter) · nl handlanger (accomplice)