Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗prep
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryConcerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as, apropos. · In the opinion or judgment of. · Against, in front of, fronting; before; opposite; over against, on the other side. · In a line with; side by side with; on a level with.
From Middle English anent, anempt (“in comparison with, concerning, in the opinion of; close to, against”), from Old English on efn (“by; near”), from on + efn. Compare Dutch neven, German neben.
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},
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},
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}
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"Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as, apropos.",
"In the opinion or judgment of.",
"Against, in front of, fronting; before; opposite; over against, on the other side.",
"In a line with; side by side with; on a level with."
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