Abet vs Aret - What's the difference?
abet | aret |
(obsolete) To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
* 1823 , Ringan Gilhaize, The covenanters, by the author of Annals of the parish :
(archaic) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid any good cause, opinion, or action; to maintain.
* 1835 , Jeremy Taylor, George Rust, The whole works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor :
(obsolete) To back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.
(obsolete) Fraud or cunning.
(obsolete) An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid.
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(obsolete) To impute (something) as a fault to or upon someone.
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In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between abet and aret
is that abet is (obsolete) an act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid while aret is (obsolete) to impute (something) as a fault to or upon someone.As verbs the difference between abet and aret
is that abet is (obsolete|transitive) to urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable while aret is (obsolete) to impute (something) as a fault to or upon someone.As a noun abet
is (obsolete) fraud or cunning .abet
English
Verb
(abett)- Those who would exalt themselves by abetting the strength of the Godless, and the wrength of the oppressors.
- Our duty is urged, and our confidence abetted .