"anenst" meaning in English

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          "text": "He lives anenst the church."
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          "text": "He shall have a bel, that's Abel; / And by it standing one whose name is Dee, / In a rug gown, there's D, and Rug, that's drug: / And right anenst him a dog snarling er, / There's Drugger, Abel Drugger. That's his sign. / And here's now mystery and hieroglyphic!",
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        "Over against."
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        "(UK, dialect, Scotland, obsolete) Over against."
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        "About; concerning; anent."
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        "(UK, dialect, Scotland, obsolete) About; concerning; anent."
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          "text": "He lives anenst the church."
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          "text": "He shall have a bel, that's Abel; / And by it standing one whose name is Dee, / In a rug gown, there's D, and Rug, that's drug: / And right anenst him a dog snarling er, / There's Drugger, Abel Drugger. That's his sign. / And here's now mystery and hieroglyphic!",
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        "Over against."
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