Abet

1. To instigate or encourage by aid or countenance; -- used in a bad sense of persons and acts; as, to abet an ill-doer; to abet one in his wicked courses; to abet vice; to abet an insurrection.
2. To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense.
3. To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense.
4. Act of abetting; aid.