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  • -- [MS.] {440} [581] "Anent" was a Scotch phrase meaning "concerning" -- "with regard to:" it has been made English by the Scotch novels; and, as the

    The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • Anent international trade, imagine with me a moment that modern technology in a developed country like ours is able to grow more hothouse tomatoes with less labor than, for example, Mexico can grow them outdoors, where their fields must be manually farmed.

    Rabett Run EliRabett 2009

  • Anent greenhouse gas emissions, I fail to understand the benefits of composting over burying food scraps.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » More Indentured Servitude in San Francisco 2009

  • Anent which heresies, it were good ye read ‘The Snake in the Grass’ or ‘The Foot out of the Snare,’ being both well-approved tracts, touching these doctrines.

    Redgauntlet 2008

  • Anent which entourage Julia has jetlag which means that no one within earshot may rest.

    Yatima » 2008 » May 2008

  • Anent which entourage Julia has jetlag which means that no one within earshot may rest.

    punting on the cam 2008

  • Anent his ajaciulations to his Crosscann Lorne, cossa?

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • Anent ahem your column on technological borrowings: I believe that in its cybersense, “cache” is pronounced with a long “a,” as in “case.”

    The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

  • Anent ahem your column on technological borrowings: I believe that in its cybersense, “cache” is pronounced with a long “a,” as in “case.”

    The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

  • Anent this wonderful tree there are many speculations, one or two so curious that they deserve mention.

    A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide John Ashton

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