An archaic or dialectal preposition meaning 'opposite to,' 'facing,' or 'concerning'; a variant of 'anent'.
From Old English 'on efen' (on equal, on even) meaning 'opposite, facing.' Related to 'anent.' It's a mostly obsolete preposition from Middle and Early Modern English.
This word shows how prepositions are among the most disposable parts of language—when 'concerning' and 'opposite to' became standard, 'enent' just vanished even though it worked fine.
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