Definition of Cannot

1. Verb. Can not ( = am/is/are unable to). ¹

2. Verb. Am/are/is forbidden or not permitted to ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cannot

1. the negative form of can [v]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cannot

cannonball along
cannonball pulse
cannonballed
cannonballing
cannoned
cannoneer
cannoneering
cannoneers
cannoning
cannonite
cannonlike
cannonries
cannonry
cannons
cannot (current term)
cannot but
canns
cannula
cannulae
cannular
cannulas
cannulate
cannulated
cannulates
cannulating
cannulation
cannulisation
cannulise
cannulization

Literary usage of Cannot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1888)
"It is manifest that the same thing cannot do two opposite things, or be in two opposite states, in the same part of it, and with reference to the same ..."

2. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"And as for Fanny's just stepping down to my house for me—it is not much above a quarter of a mile—1 cannot think I was unreasonable to ask it. ..."

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