To 。。。, especially 。。。, means to 。。。
abet
1 abet abets abetting abetted
If one person abets another, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong. (FORMAL or LEGAL) Abet is often used in the legal expression `aid and abet'.
His wife was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for aiding and abetting him.
We shall strike hard, without flinching, at terrorists and those who abet them.
VB
2 abet abets abetting abetted
To abet something, especially something bad or undesirable, means to make it possible. (FORMAL or JOURNALISM)
The media have also abetted the feeling of unreality.
VB disapproval
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abrade
abrade abrades abrading abraded
To abrade something means to scrape or wear down its surface by rubbing it. (FORMAL)
...the grazed patches on her hands where the brutally rough rock has abraded the skin.
VB
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abseil
abseil abseils abseiling abseiled
To abseil down a cliff or rock face means to slide down it in a controlled way using a rope, with your feet against the cliff or rock. (BRIT; in AM use rappel)
The man and his son Mark had abseiled down the sheer cliffs.
VB
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accentuate
accentuate accentuates accentuating accentuated
To accentuate something means to emphasize it or make it more noticeable.
His shaven head accentuates his large round face.
The whole air of menace was accentuated by the fact that he was so cordial and soft-voiced.
VB
= intensify
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