canst
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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When Romeo, after secretly marrying Juliet, encounters truculent Tybalt, he tells him, “I do protest I never injured thee,/But love thee better than thou canst devise,/Till thou shall know the reason of my love.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2021
On the wall above them was a Bible verse, “If thou canst believe, all things are possible.”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2016
What particle canst share Of the only blessed life, the watery?
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2012
It has summed up all the virtues in 'Thou shalt not,' instead of opening vast opportunity in the cry, 'Thou mayest—thou canst.'
From Time Magazine Archive
Jesus tells his disciples that if they follow his teachings, “Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shall follow me afterward.”
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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