a betとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /əˈbɛt/
• 韻: -ɛt

動詞

abet (三人称単数 現在形 abets, 現在分詞 abetting, 過去形および過去分詞形 abetted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable. [from end of 14th century to early 17th century]^[2]
2. (transitive) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. [from c. 1350-1470]^[3]
   • 2017 September 27, David Browne, "Hugh Hefner, 'Playboy' Founder, Dead at 91," Rolling Stone

     By the early Seventies, Playboy was selling seven million copies a month and Hefner's globe-trotting lifestyle was abetted by his private jet, the Big Bunny, that contained a circular bed, an inside disco and a wet bar.

   • 1823, Ringan Gilhaize, The covenanters, by the author of Annals of the parish:

     Those who would exalt themselves by abetting the strength of the Godless, and the wrength of the oppressors.

3. (transitive, archaic) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, または action); to maintain. [from late 16th century]^[3]
   • a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, George Rust, editor, The whole works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, published 1835:

     Our duty is urged, and our confidence abetted.

4. (obsolete) To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.

引用

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:abet.

同意語

• (to instigate または encourage by aid または countenance): incite, instigate, set on, egg on, foment, advocate, countenance, encourage, second, uphold, aid, assist, support, sustain, back, connive at, promote, sanction, advocate, embolden, favor, cooperate with

反意語

• baffle
• confound
• contradict
• counteract
• denounce
• deter
• disapprove
• disconcert
• discourage
• dissuade
• expose
• frustrate
• hinder
• impede
• obstruct
• thwart

派生語

名詞

abet (複数形 abets)

1. (obsolete) Fraud or cunning. [mid-12th century to mid-14th century]^[3]
2. (obsolete) An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid. [from c. 1350-1470]^[3]

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