cannot modal

cannot modal
verb
1 a negative form of `can': Mrs. Armstrong regrets that she cannot accept your kind invitation.
2 cannot but formal used to say that you feel you have to do something: One cannot but admire her determination.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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