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cannot help

verb cannot help · could not help

alternative, no past participle, no present participle Alternative form of can't help He never greatly cared for the society of what are called good people. If any of these were scandalised (and offences were sure to arise), he could not help it.

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@misc{cannot_help_2026,
  title = {cannot help},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cannot%20help},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}