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 support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense.

To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense.

Act of abetting; aid.

assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing

See Aiding and Abetting.

To aid in the commission of an offence

To assist or encourage as an accomplice in the commission of an offence, being present when the offence is committed. One who abets is a principal in the second degree.

to encourage or set another on to commit a crime. This word is always taken in a bad sense. To abet another to commit a murder, is to command, procure, or counsel him to commit it. Old Nat. Brev 21; Col Litt. 475.

To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).

The act of encouraging or inciting another to do a certain thing, such as a crime. For example, many countries will equally punish a person who aids or abets another to commit a crime.