Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A way of writing can not, due to the silencing in pronunciation of one of the n′ s.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two.
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- verb
Can not ( = am/is/areunable to). - verb Am/are/is
forbidden or notpermitted to
Etymologies
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Examples
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The only thing that Obama can offer Hillary that Mccain cannot is VP, but I don't think she wants it unless she thinks it is for the party's sake.
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He was not, however, awarded the WWE Championship because the title cannot change hands on a count-out.
WWE Championship Kevin Sullivan 2010
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Second, the term cannot include rights that are not “fundamental.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Professors’ Amicus Brief Supporting Incorporation of the Second Amendment 2009
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If we considerpast practices and customs, however, the term cannot mean the typeof sweeping revisions of the Mass ritual and the alteration ofliturgical texts that we are now experiencing.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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But even there the term cannot be traced back very
CLASSICISM IN LITERATURE REN 1968
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Leave of absence during the term cannot therefore be granted, except for the most urgent reasons.
The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy Robert Elliott Flickinger
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But, although I rejoice in the fact, I cannot stand against the logic of the scholar who argues that the term cannot be defended upon scientific principles.
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The term cannot be construed as meaning any of the following:
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The term cannot be construed as meaning any of the following:
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Also in this sense the term cannot be traced farther back than the eleventh century.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
yarb commented on the word cannot
I try to lift my arms. Cannot.
- Peter Reading, C, 1984
September 28, 2008