Abet
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[from Sax. a, on, or onward, and betan, or gebetan, to stir up, or excite; L. Lat abettare.] In criminal law. To encourage, set on, stir up, or excite to commit a crime. Spelman, voc.
Abbettator. Cowell. Wkishaw.
Always taken in a bad sense, and generally used m connection with the word aid; as in the phrases, " to aid and abet," •* aiding and abetting."