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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fornent /fɔːˈnɛnt, fə-/ (also fornenst)

▶preposition dialect, chiefly Scottish alongside, opposite, or close by.

– origin ME: blend of fore and anent.

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