Middle English Dictionary Entry
abettement n.
Entry Info
| Forms | abettement n. Also an-. |
| Etymology | AF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Instigation to, or connivance in, an offense or crime.
Associated quotations
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2364 : Þanne schal heo beo for-brent For hure couyne toward þat route & hure anbettyment.
- (1441) Proc.Privy C.5.174 : Neithre by way of feet, abettement, procuring, nor otherwise.
- (1442) RParl.5.55b : That noon Marchaunt..lese ne forfete his Goodes..for the trespace or forfete of his Servaunt, but yf it be by commandement or abettement of his Maister.
- (1461) Paston4.19 : Ther mysdoyng growyth not of ther owyn dysposysyon but of the abettement and steryng of sum ille dysposed persones.
- (1469) Paston5.51 : With oute your grete abettement, he neither will doo nor assent to non such thyng.