canst
See also: can'st
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- can'st (obsolete)
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canst
- (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of can
- Canst thou show me the way?
- 1849, Matthew Arnold, In Harmony with Nature:
- Man must begin, know this, where Nature ends;
Nature and man can never be fast friends.
Fool, if thou canst not pass her, rest her slave!