əˈnent preposition
Etymology: Middle English anent, onevent, from Old English onemn, on efen alongside, together (akin to Old Saxon on eƀan ), from on + efen even — more at even
1. now dialect Britain : on a line or level with : beside
2. archaic : toward , against
3. chiefly dialect : over against : opposite : close to
the house is anent the church
4. : in reference to : about , concerning
thoughts anent the proper dissemination of religion — F. Tennyson Jesse