Archaic or Infrequently Used
- anent
- anti (loan word)
- apud (Latin loan word, restricted to use in scholarly works)
- behither
- betwixen
- betwixt
- chez
- contra (Latin loan word)
- cum (Latin loan word)
- ere
- forby
- fornenst
- fornent
- froward or frowards or fromward (archaic)
- gainst or 'gainst (from against)
- neath or 'neath (from beneath)
- outwith
- overthwart
- pro (loan word)
- qua (loan word)
- re or in re (loan word)
- sans (loan word)
- 'twixt (from betwixt)
- unto (largely supplanted by to; used in some formal, religious, or archaic contexts)
- vis-à-vis (loan word)
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