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You can make 23 words from abet according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of abet

abet baet aebt eabt beat ebat abte bate atbe tabe btae tbae aetb eatb ateb taeb etab teab beta ebta btea tbea etba teba

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word abet. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in abet.

Definitions and meaning of abet

abet

Etymology

From Middle English abetten, abette, from Old French abeter (“to entice”), from a- (“to”) + beter (“hound on, urge, to bait”), either from Middle Dutch bētan (“incite”) or from Old Norse beita (“to cause to bite, bait, incite”), from Proto-Germanic *baitijaną (“to cause to bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Cognate with Icelandic beita (“to set dogs on; to feed”).

Alternate etymology traces the Middle English and Old French words through Old English *ābǣtan (“to hound on”), from ā- + bǣtan (“to bait”), from the same source (Proto-Germanic *baitijaną).

See also bait, bet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈbɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

abet (third-person singular simple present abets, present participle abetting, simple past and past participle abetted)

1. (transitive) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. [from ca. 1350–1470]

   Synonyms: instigate, foment, encourage, support

   Antonyms: baffle, confound, counteract, denounce, deter; see also Thesaurus:hinder
2. (transitive) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action); to maintain. [from late 16th c.]
3. (obsolete, transitive) To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable. [late 14th–early 17th c.]
4. (obsolete) To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.

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Translations

Noun

abet (plural abets)

1. (obsolete) Fraud or cunning. [mid-12th–mid-14th c.]
2. (obsolete) An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid. [from ca. 1350—1470]

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Anagrams

• Bate, Beta, Teba, bate, beat, beta

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• abete

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *abētem, from Classical Latin abietem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbet/
• Rhymes: -et
• Syllabification: a‧bet

Noun

abet m (plural abetz)

1. fir

Descendants

• → Spanish: abeto, abete (or from Catalan)
  • → Asturian: abetu
  • → Galician: abeto
  • → Portuguese: abeto

References

• “abeto”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “abet”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Chamorro

Etymology

From Spanish vamos a ver (“we'll see”).

Phrase

abet

1. An expression of doubt

Danish

Verb

abet

1. past participle of abe

Indonesian

Noun

abet (first-person possessive abetku, second-person possessive abetmu, third-person possessive abetnya)

1. attitude

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin habitus (“habit, appearance”).

Noun

abet m

1. religious habit (clothing)

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bət/
• Hyphenation: a‧ber
• Rhymes: -ət

Noun

abet (Jawi spelling ابت, plural abet-abet, informal 1st possessive abetku, 2nd possessive abetmu, 3rd possessive abetnya)

1. behaviour.

Derived terms

References

• “abet” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 4.

Further reading

• “abet” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.