anent
[preposition]
Synonyms: apropos, about, as for, as regards, concerning, in re, re, touching, toward, with respect to

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anent preposition & adverb. [ǝ'nɛnt] Now chiefly dial.
[Old English on ef(e)n, emn, formed as ON preposition + EVEN adjective & noun, = Old Saxon an eban, Middle High German eneben, nebent, (also mod.) neben. Form-history not fully explained.]
A. preposition.
1. In line with; in company with. OE.

2. In the sight of, before. ME.

3. Against, towards, fronting. ME-M19.

4. In respect of; with reference to; concerning, about. Now arch. & Scot. ME.
b. adverb. Opposite. E16.

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