anent en · ADP
Pronunciation
Etymology
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, German neben.
Meanings
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(archaic) Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as, apropos.
The wings of the driver's Marlenesque nose shone, having shed or burned up their ration of powder, and she kept up an elegant monologue anent the local traffic, […]
1955, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 11, in Lolita, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published August 1958, →OCLC, part 1, page 53:This question remains a vital consideration anent the debate over the possibility of limiting nuclear war to military objectives, […]
1984, New York Times:The invasion of privacy anent banking and financial activities was mainly an outcome of the income tax and the Drug War
2015, LT Wolf, The World King (fiction), →ISBN:Mr Bloom and Stephen entered the cabman’s shelter, an unpretentious wooden structure, where, prior to then, he had rarely, if ever, been before; the former having previously whispered to the latter a few hints anent the keeper of it […]
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 16]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:1937, L. Ron Hubbard, letter to Russell Hays, quoted in Literary Correspondence: Letters and Journals, p. 101, I have just found out something with which to repay that very kind favor of yours anent the "lift" angle on stories.
- (obsolete) In the opinion or judgment of.
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(obsolete) Against, in front of, fronting; before; opposite; over against, on the other side.
[…] if Painter did ever abide in the old bark mill said to be anent his brother's freehold.
2005, R.T. Smith, “Ina Grove”, in The Virginia Quarterly Review, volume 81, number 4, page 230:
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(obsolete) In a line with; side by side with; on a level with.
ANENT, opposite. Usually "ovver-anent."
1865, William Stott Banks, Wakefield Words, page 4:
Deriveds
Synonyms
concerned with · anent · in relation to · referring to · regarding · apropos of · in respect of · on · apropos · apropos · re · connected with · IRT · relative to · with respect to · with regard to · in terms of · touching · in regards to · in reference to · as for · as regards · as for · WRT · dealing with · in regard to · as relates to · about · respecting · as to · relating to · as respects · as far as · concerning