v. t. - 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.
v. t. - To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense.
v. t. - To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense.
n. - Act of abetting; aid.