Middle English Dictionary Entry
abet(te n.
Entry Info
| Forms | abet(te n. |
| Etymology | OF abet & ML abettum (from OF). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Incitement to evil; urging.
Associated quotations
- c1330 Adam & E.(1) (Auch & Ednb-U 218)68 : Loke we hou him spet, Þat þurch his wiues abet And þurch þe fendes entisement He brak godes comandment.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)57/1607 : Þe fend hyt was þat schente hyt al Myd gyle and hys abette.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.357 : If that I sholde assente, Thorugh myn abet, that he thyn honour shente.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3531 : Þorouȝ þabet of her spye, Often þe ȝonge bachelrye Ouer Tigre to oþere ferde And hem proued wiþ launce and swerd.
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