abettor

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈbɛtə/
• (GA) IPA: /əˈbɛtɚ/, /-te/, /-ɾɚ/

Noun

abettor (plural abettors)

1. One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece,

     Thou foul abettor! thou notorious bawd!

     Thou plantest scandal and displacest laud:

2. A supporter or advocate. [Late 16^th century.]
   • 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, Chapter 8,

     […] when he recollected that, being there as an assistant, he actually seemed—no matter what unhappy train of circumstances had brought him to that pass—to be the aider and abettor of a system which filled him with honest disgust and indignation, he loathed himself […]

Synonyms

• accessory
• accomplice
• advocate
• aid
• ally
• assistant
• confederate
• cooperator
• helper

Translations

• French: complice
• Italian: complice
• Portuguese: cúmplice
• Russian: посо́бник
• Spanish: cómplice

Translations

• French: incitateur, incitatrice
• German: Anstifter, Anstifterin
• Italian: favoreggiatore, favoreggiatrice, istigatore, istigatrice, fiancheggiatore, fiancheggiatrice,, fomentatore, fomentatrice, aizzatore, aizzatrice, agitatore, agitatrice
• Portuguese: incitador
• Russian: подстрека́тель

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