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Word: abets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...segregationists' outspoken readiness to abet the world's impression of a racist U.S. amazed the Africans. Said Economist Maina: "They had no worry about the country, just their local situation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Through African Eyes | 1/6/1961 | See Source »

...placed the preferred stock on a current-dividend basis and let Alleghany's cash board build up. His reluctance to put Alleghany's cash to work caused a break with the Murchisons, as well as Young's widow who sold her stock to the Murchisons to abet their proxy battle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Proxy Fighter by Proxy | 12/12/1960 | See Source »

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