canst

See also: can'st

English

Alternative forms

can'st (obsolete)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kænst/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ænst

Verb

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!

Anagrams

cants, casn't, scant

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