Whereanent

rel. adv. Orig. and chiefly Sc. [f. WHERE 15 + ANENT prep. 11.] Anent or concerning which.

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1579. Sc. Acts Jas. VI., lxii. (1814), III. 182/2. The auld fundationis … notw^tstanding q^ranent his ma^tie … dispenssis.

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1609. Skene, Reg. Maj., I. 7 b. The debaitable matter, quhairanent the summons is made.

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1681. in Nairne Peerage Evid. (1874), 15. That the said letters … passe the great seale per saltum whereanent these presents shall be a sufficient warrant.

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1899. trans. Dante’s Paradiso, XXXI. 379. To question my Lady concerning things whereanent my mind was in suspense.

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