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Anent

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a⋅nent

  [uh-nent]
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–preposition
1. in regard to; about; concerning.
2. British. beside; in line with.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME var. (with excrescent -t; see ancient ) of anen, OE on emn, on efen on even 1 (ground), with, beside
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a·nent   (ə-něnt')   
prep.  Regarding; concerning: "This question remains a vital consideration anent the debate over the possibility of limiting nuclear war to military objectives" (New York Times).

[Middle English, from Old English onefn, near : on, on; see on + efn, even.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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anent  (prep.)
1220, onont "on level with," also "in the company of, fronting against," from O.E. on efn "on even (ground) with;" the parasitic -t added 12c. A northern form (in Midlands, anenst, with adverbial genitive), affected by English writers in Scottish sense of "in respect or reference to." Cf. Ger. neben "near to, by the side of," short for in eben, from O.H.G. ebani "equality."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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