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In some senses, anenst is marked as obsolete, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
anenst
prep 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
particular, right
VERB + ANENST
lives, said
ANENST + NOUN
church, dog
Definitions
prep
1
Over against.
He lives anenst the church.
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!
2
About; concerning; anent.
He said nothing anenst this particular.
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He lives anenst the church.
Wiktionary02
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 Drugge
Wiktionary03
He said nothing anenst this particular.
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