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anent

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Prep — Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as, apropos.

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From Middle English anent, anentes, anempt (“insofar as, inasmuch as, in comparison with, with respect to, as regards, concerning, in the opinion or judgment of; next to, close to, up to, near, adjoining, across from, over against, facing”), from Old English on efn (“by; near”), from on + efn. Compare Dutch neven, Germ...

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