anent
pronunciation
How to pronounce anent in British English:
UK [ə'nent]
How to pronounce anent in American English:
US [ə'nent]
Word Origin
- anent (prep.)
- "concerning, about," early 13c., onont "on level with," also "in the company of, fronting against," from Old English on efn "near to, close by," originally "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." Compare German neben "near to, by the side of," short for in eben, from Old High German ebani "equality."
Example
- 1. Honey , that song anent us , you have sung the end to whom ?
- 2. Finally , the paper dissertates anent the enlightenment and guidance of the ecological view in marxism to the socialist harmonious society .