abettor

Collocations

2

ADJ.

foul, notorious

ABETTOR + NOUN

bawd, system, thou

Definitions

noun

1

One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages.

Thou foul abettor! thou notorious bawd! Thou plantest scandal and displacest laud:

2

A supporter or advocate.

[…] 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 […]

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — one who helps or encourages or incites another

abetter

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

2

01

Thou foul abettor! thou notorious bawd! Thou plantest scandal and displacest laud:

Wiktionary

02

[…] 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 f