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cannot - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
can not , due to the silencing in pronunciation of one of the n ′ s.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb Can not ( = am/is/are unable to).verb forbidden or not permitted to
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
can + not
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The only thing that Obama can offer Hillary that Mccain cannot is VP, but I don't think she wants it unless she thinks it is for the party's sake.
Polls: Obama, McCain locked in dead heat 2008
He was not, however, awarded the WWE Championship because the title cannot change hands on a count-out.
WWE Championship Kevin Sullivan 2010
Second, the term cannot include rights that are not “fundamental.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Professors’ Amicus Brief Supporting Incorporation of the Second Amendment 2009
If we considerpast practices and customs, however, the term cannot mean the typeof sweeping revisions of the Mass ritual and the alteration ofliturgical texts that we are now experiencing.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
But even there the term cannot be traced back very
CLASSICISM IN LITERATURE REN 1968
Leave of absence during the term cannot therefore be granted, except for the most urgent reasons.
The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy Robert Elliott Flickinger
But, although I rejoice in the fact, I cannot stand against the logic of the scholar who argues that the term cannot be defended upon scientific principles.
Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading A compendium of valuable information and wise suggestions that will inspire noble effort at the hands of every race-loving man, woman, and child. Various
The term cannot be construed as meaning any of the following:
The University of Virginia Record 1927
The term cannot be construed as meaning any of the following:
The University of Virginia Record 1926
Also in this sense the term cannot be traced farther back than the eleventh century.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
yarb commented on the word cannot
I try to lift my arms. Cannot.
- Peter Reading, C, 1984
September 28, 2008