canst

American  

[kanst] / kænst /

verb

Archaic.

1. 2nd person singular present tense of can.

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canst British  

/ kænst /

verb

1. archaic when used with the pronoun thou or its relative form, a form of can 1

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Example Sentences

"Canst thou," he inquires soulfully, "spare me thy trousers, thy jacket, thy shirt, thy shoes, thy cufflinks, thy watch, every accessory thou hast on thy person?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Canst thou thunder with a voice like his?

From Time Magazine Archive

Canst thou still the surf that breaks on the Shoal of Rongo-mai-ta-kupe?

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

Canst not see how light my heart has grown?

From Flemish Legends by Coster, Charles de

"Canst thou die for her whom thou hatest in order to prove how thou dost love?"

From The Slaves of the Padishah by J?kai, M?r