can't but

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can't but

verb can't but · couldn't but

alternative, no past participle, no present participle Alternative form of cannot but 18th c, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope (later lines), Imitation of Horace, 1852, Charles Knight (collator), Half-hours with the Best Authors, Volume 4, page 188, But here a grievance seems to lie, / All this is mine but till I die; / I can't but think 'twould sound more clever, / To me and to my hei

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@misc{can_t_but_2026,
  title = {can't but},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/can't%20but},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}