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# canst

verb, second person singular of can (used with thou)

«canst» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Are able to, used with thou. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/canst/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used; today we say can.

### Examples

- And He said: 'Thou canst not see My face, for man shall not see Me and live.' (Torah EXO.33.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/canst/#x1)
- I cannot run as thou canst." (Grimm's Fairy Stories) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/canst/#x2)
- And who canst thou place before the only one? (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/canst/#x3)

### Note

Today: can.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «canst» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/canst/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«canst» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/canst.html) on Mova free.