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cannot


verb

  1. a form of ·can not.
Idioms

  1. cannot but, have no alternative but to: We cannot but choose otherwise.

verb

  1. an auxiliary verb expressing incapacity, inability, withholding permission, etc; can not
v.

c.1400, from can (v.1) + not. Old English expressed the notion by ne cunnan.

see under can’t.

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