Meanings
verb
alternative can'st
- archaicindicativepresentsecond personsingularsecond-person singular simple present indicative of can
Canst thou show me the way?
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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!
1849, Matthew Arnold, In Harmony with Nature
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APA
canst. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canst
MLA
“canst.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canst. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “canst,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canst.
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