"anent" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Dutch neven",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English anent, 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.",
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          "text": "1937, L. Ron Hubbard, letter to Russell Hays, quoted in Literary Correspondence: Letters and Journals, p. 101,\nI have just found out something with which to repay that very kind favor of yours anent the \"lift\" angle on stories."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984, New York Times",
          "text": "This question remains a vital consideration anent the debate over the possibility of limiting nuclear war to military objectives, […]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, LT Wolf, The World King (fiction)",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as, apropos."
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          "respect",
          "respect"
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        [
          "as",
          "as"
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        [
          "insofar",
          "insofar"
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          "inasmuch",
          "inasmuch"
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          "apropos",
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        "(now rare) Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as, apropos."
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        {
          "word": "apropos"
        },
        {
          "word": "as for"
        },
        {
          "word": "about"
        }
      ],
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        "In the opinion or judgment of."
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          "judgment",
          "judgment"
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        "(obsolete) In the opinion or judgment of."
      ],
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          "ref": "2005, R.T. Smith, “Ina Grove”, in The Virginia Quarterly Review, volume 81, number 4, page 230",
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        "Against, in front of, fronting; before; opposite; over against, on the other side."
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        "(obsolete) Against, in front of, fronting; before; opposite; over against, on the other side."
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        "In a line with; side by side with; on a level with."
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        "(obsolete) In a line with; side by side with; on a level with."
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɛnt/2 syllables"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English anent, 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.",
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        "Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as, apropos."
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          "inasmuch",
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        "(now rare) Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as, apropos."
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        "In the opinion or judgment of."
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        "(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."
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