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Meaning of Abettor | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
əˈbɛtə

Definitions

  1. One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages.
  2. A supporter or advocate.

Equivalents

Examples

“Thou foul abettor! thou notorious bawd! Thou plantest scandal and displacest laud:”
“[…] 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 […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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