anent \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 >