anent
Americanpreposition
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in regard to; about; concerning.
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British. beside; in line with.
preposition
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lying against; alongside
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concerning; about
Etymology
Origin of anent
before 900; Middle English variant (with excrescent -t; see ancient 1) of anen, Old English on emn, on efen on even 1 (ground), with, beside
Example Sentences
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Anent this, Judge Gary said, in the Iron Trade Review: "We are building a mill which will be prepared to manufacture a wide flange beam."
From Time Magazine Archive
Sirs: Anent your story on the Army's new Chief-of-Staff: That No. 1 man, U. S. Military Academy, Class of '98�how did he come out?
From Time Magazine Archive
Anent the present divorce agitation, I find in an old paper the following skit which is still in point: Chapter I. They met in the Spring And admired everything.
From Oklahoma Sunshine by Miller, Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin)
Anent which I would fain ask my Spiritualist friends one which I have long yearned to put.
From The Gypsies by Leland, Charles Godfrey
Anent this, Punch is exceedingly satirical: “Her Majesty has again commanded ‘the performances of Tom Thumb, the Yankee Dwarf.’
From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John
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