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anent

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5 lettersPronunciation /əˈnɛnt/Sorted aenntStarts with AEnds with T0 cluesCommon crossword word
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  1. Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as, apropos.

Word origin

From Middle English anent, anentes, 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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  • The wings of the driver's Marlenesque nose shone, having shed or burned up their ration of powder, and she kept up an elegant monologue anent the local traffic, […]
  • This question remains a vital consideration anent the debate over the possibility of limiting nuclear war to military objectives, […]
  • The invasion of privacy anent banking and financial activities was mainly an outcome of the income tax and the Drug War

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