Obs.; also 4–6 anyente. [a. OFr. aniente-r to bring to nought (= Pr. and It. anient-ar), f. à to + nient, mod. néant nought (= It. niente):—late L. *neēntem or *necentem, f. ne, nec not + entem (nom. ens) being: see ENTITY.] = ANIENTISE (which is the commoner form).
1393. Langl., P. Pl., C. XX. 267. How myghte he aske mercy … That … wilfulliche wolde mercy anyente? Ibid., XXI. 389. So lyf shal lyf lete · þer lyf haþ lyf anyented.
1574. trans. Littleton’s Tenures, 140 b. The warraunte is anyented and defeated.
