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Meaning of anenst | Babel Free

Preposition CEFR A2

Definitions

  1. Over against.
    Scotland, UK, obsolete
  2. About; concerning; anent.
    Scotland, UK, obsolete

Examples

“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!”
“He said nothing anenst this particular.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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