Abet
English Meaning
To instigate or encourage by aid or countenance; -- used in a bad sense of persons and acts; as, to abet an ill-doer; to abet one in his wicked courses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection.
- To approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on.
- To urge, encourage, or help (a person): abetted the thief in robbing the bank.