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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
can .
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Examples
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Oh! my soul, can'st thou do all these things for Christ?
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"How can'st thou see the Caves!" he asked, for King had hinted at his intention; and for answer King gave him a glimpse of the gold bracelet.
In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010
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And it starts by owning and believing in yourselfor asShakespeare wrote ~ "Tothy own self be true and it shall follow, as the night the day, thou can'st not then be false to any man"
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And it starts by owning and believing in yourselfor asShakespeare wrote ~ "Tothy own self be true and it shall follow, as the night the day, thou can'st not then be false to any man"
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"I plucked you in Arithmetic -- and can'st thou love me still?"
Sagittulae, Random Verses Edward Woodley Bowling
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An hour will come, an hour thou can'st not flee --
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 Various
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Fly, if thou can'st not trust thy heart to guide thee on the way --
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various
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Though the pleasures thou can'st offer may make other hearts rejoice,
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"Thou can'st not get under way for two hours at best, sir," he pleaded,
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One look and he feels that the words are for him: "Thou can'st with _thy_ sunshine _only_ calm this tempest of my heart."
A Heart-Song of To-day Annie Gregg Savigny
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