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 [kan-ot, ka-not, kuh-]   Origin

can·not

   [kan-ot, ka-not, kuh-]
verb
1.
a form of ·can not.
Idiom
2.
cannot but, have no alternative but to: We cannot but choose otherwise.

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Can not is always a great word to know.
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English

Usage note
Cannot is sometimes also spelled can not. The one-word spelling is by far the more common: Interest rates simply cannot continue at their present level. The contraction can't is most common in speech and informal writing. EXPANDSee also can1.

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cannot
c.1400, from can (v.) + not. O.E. expressed the notion by ne cunnan.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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