Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

abet +‎ -ance

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word abettance.

Examples

  • Ferette — I can vouch for what I saw — had no origin or abettance from us; nevertheless, it is impossible an independent nation can suffer the repetition of such injuries, and free and independent we are determined to remain, or to die in defence of our rights.

    Anne of Geierstein 2008

  • Here he was agreeably surprised to find the detective chief recuperating with the abettance of his rugged

    The Voice on the Wire Eustace Hale Ball

  • Spain, where also rioters and innovators thronged around the heir to the throne, by his abettance to overturn existing institutions and hurl the

    The Youth of the Great Elector 1843

  • Our media has reached "Pravda" proportions in its abettance of state propaganda and crimes.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2010

  • Our media has reached "Pravda" proportions in its abettance of state propaganda and crimes.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2010

  • Our media has reached "Pravda" proportions in its abettance of state propaganda and crimes.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2010

  • "-- For, the mere facts of the case she plainly demonstrates, with the abettance of her dimples, to be an affair of unimportance; the real point is what she wishes done about it.

    The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking James Branch Cabell 1918

  • Holocaust) -- with the aid and abettance of the British colonialists -- rounded up tens of thousands of Europeans (whose racial or ethnic connection to Palestine was tenuous at best, despite their "Jewishness") and shipped themselves to Palestine to begin their usurpation and oppression of the indigenous people (Arab-Muslims, Arab-Jewish, and Arab-Christians and other

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Holocaust) -- with the aid and abettance of the British colonialists -- rounded up tens of thousands of Europeans (whose racial or ethnic connection to Palestine was tenuous at best, despite their "Jewishness") and shipped themselves to Palestine to begin their usurpation and oppression of the indigenous people (Arab-Muslims, Arab-Jewish, and Arab-Christians and other

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.