anenst
Americanpreposition
Etymology
Origin of anenst
Middle English anenist, equivalent to anen ( see anent) + -is adv. genitive suffix + excrescent -t
Example Sentences
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Thus endeth the fourthe Eglogge of Alexandre Barcley, coteyning the maner of the riche men anenst poets and other clerkes.
From The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Alexander Barclay
Besides all witch, your onnur wus a menshinnin a willdurness, and a hermmutidge, and a grotto; all witch as your onnur said would conceal the dead flat anenst the 3 old okes.
From Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft
"And at the high end of Carlton anenst Helmsley there be seen at times a lovely maiden much afrighted galopping for very life oft casting her een behind her."
From The Evolution of an English Town by Gordon Home
Andwerp, Antwerp, 18/37. andyrons, andirons, 8/8. anenst, towards, in the sight of, 48/28. angre, refl., be angry, 31/6. anone, immediately, 25/26. apostomes, imposthumes, abscesses, 41/23. apotecarie, apothecary, 19/34. appereth, apperith, 37/34, 38/2. arblastrer, crossbowman, 36/26.
From Dialogues in French and English by Henry Bradley
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