canst

See also: can'st

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (stressed) IPA(key): /kænst/
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  • (unstressed) IPA(key): /kənst/
  • Rhymes: -ænst

Verb

canst

  1. (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!

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Old English

Verb

canst

  1. second-person singular present indicative of cunnan
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