canst

See also: can'st

English

Alternative forms

• can'st (obsolete)

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!

Anagrams

• cants, casn't, scant

Old English

Verb

canst

1. second-person singular present indicative of cunnan