abet
verb (used with object)
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing.
were abetting
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past progressiveof abet.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Ustenko said American companies were abetting that trade.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2022
The humour of the conception is undeniable, but the whole effect is cruel; and, though greatly amused, the reader feels almost as if he were abetting a profanation.
From Dickens English Men of Letters by Sir Adolphus William Ward
Two policemen and two ushers were abetting him further on, where neither his entreaties nor explanations could reach.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
They suspected that the Albanians of the neighbouring village of Borgo Erizzo were abetting the Slavs.
From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 by Henry Baerlein
In fine, I am not so sure that they would not have enjoined the whole calendar of saints to come forth and bear testimony to their honesty, though they were abetting a dozen dishonest schemes.
From The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams
