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foreanent

prep

Etymology

From fore + anent.

  1. inherited from on efn — “by; near”
  2. inherited from anent
  3. compounded as foreanent — “fore + anent”

Definitions

  1. Over against

    Over against; opposite to.

    • Acts James VI Utheris inhabiting the bordouris fore-anent England.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for foreanent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA