whereanent, rel. adv. Orig. and chiefly Sc.
(hwɛərəˈnɛnt)
[f. where 15 + anent prep. 11.]
Anent or concerning which.
| 1579 Sc. Acts Jas. VI. lxii. (1814) III. 182/2 The auld fundationis..notw{supt}standing q{supr}anent his ma{supt}{supi}⊇..dispenssis. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i. 7 b, The debaitable matter, quhairanent the summons is made. 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. 1899 tr. Dante's Paradiso xxxi. 379 To question my Lady concerning things whereanent my mind was in suspense. |