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cannit

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Geordie[ˈkanət]

cannit is the alternative spelling of cannot.

Meaning of cannot

Verb

cannot

  1. Can not; be unable to (whether due to physical inability, logical impossibility, etc.).
    • I cannot open the window. It is stuck.
  2. Be forbidden or not permitted to.
    • The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Diſcharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguiſh the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and conſequently of all the reſt, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Diſcharged as to one, and ſtand as to all the...1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575

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Forms of cannit

alternative formcannet

Questions about cannit

What is cannit the alternative spelling of?
Cannit is the alternative spelling of cannot.
How do you pronounce cannit?
Cannit is pronounced [ˈkanət] (Geordie).

Words near cannit in the dictionary

  1. canniniform
  2. cannista
  3. cannistas
  4. cannister
  5. cannisters
  6. cannit
  7. cannithrene
  8. cannizzarite
  9. Cannizzaro
  10. Cannizzaro reaction
  11. Cannizzaro reactions

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