Definitions
1.verbTo urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.
2.verbTo incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.
3.verbTo support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action); to maintain.
4.verbTo back up one's forecast of a doubtful issue, by staking money, etc., to bet.
5.nounThe act of one who abets.