canst
Thou art able
Canst is the archaic second-person singular form of "can," paired with "thou": Thou canst not say I did it.
It appears in the King James Bible, Shakespeare, and other Early Modern English texts.
Modern readers encounter it mainly in quotations, period pieces, or deliberately archaic speech.
Archaic second-person pronoun
- shaltArchaic second-person will
- mayestArchaic second-person permission
- dostArchaic second-person "do"
- dothArchaic third-person singular
hast · hath · wilt · art · wouldst · couldst · shouldst · mightest
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- bardPoet of epics
- soliloquyDramatic speech to oneself
Chaucer · verse · iambic · pentameter · thee · thou · biblical · psalm
thou
Archaic second-person pronoun
doth · hast · hath · wilt · art · wouldst · couldst · shouldst · mightest · knowest
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- bardPoet of epics
Chaucer · soliloquy · verse · iambic · pentameter · thee · thou · biblical · psalm · liturgy
thou
Archaic second-person pronoun
ye · thyself · whosoever · whomsoever
wherefore
For what purpose
thither · hence · ere · betwixt · verily · forsooth · prithee · fain · nay · yea
- can't waitEager anticipation expressed
- trash canContainer for refuse
- I can'tExpression of inability
- can't standStrongly dislike, find intolerable
- garbage canContainer for refuse
- can openerTool for accessing canned goods
can, canned, cannot, cans, canning, can't, cannery, canner, canners