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What does anent mean?

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Preposition
  1. (archaic) Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as
  2. (obsolete) In the opinion or judgment of
  3. (obsolete) Against, in front of, fronting; before; opposite; over against, on the other side
  4. (obsolete) In a line with; side by side with; on a level with.
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Nae doot, its anent the law-plea he has been brought into, on account of his property.
She told her mother that Cluny was coming to see her anent their marriage.
What were you saying, Jamie, anent an outcast wi your uncle?
There are forty very excellent proverbs anent the hole-ridden cloak of the philosopher.
The same insouciance was evident in the other revelation anent local government last week.
Alan Clayton's letter anent the Battle of Trafalgar is wrong on two counts.

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