"cannot but" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Anglais]

IPA: \ˈkæn.ɑt bʌt\, \ˈkæn.ɒt bʌt\
  1. Ne pas pouvoir ne pas. Ne pas pouvoir empêcher de. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: fr-cannot_but-en-verb-ZvmrYclH Categories (other): Termes désuets en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cannot help, can’t help, can’t help but

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locutions verbales en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Verbes auxiliaires en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Calque du latin non possum non. Composé de cannot et de but."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
  "raw_tags": [
    "Auxiliaire"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Termes désuets en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Benjamin Franklin, une lettre à Noah Webster, 1789, dans E. Sargent (éd.), The select works of Benjamin Franklin, 1855",
          "text": "I cannot but applaud your zeal for preserving the purity of our language, both in its expressions and pronunciation, and in correcting the popular errors several of our States are continually falling into with respect to both."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ne pas pouvoir ne pas. Ne pas pouvoir empêcher de."
      ],
      "id": "fr-cannot_but-en-verb-ZvmrYclH",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Avec un infinitif"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈkæn.ɑt bʌt\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈkæn.ɒt bʌt\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cannot help"
    },
    {
      "word": "can’t help"
    },
    {
      "word": "can’t help but"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cannot but"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Locutions verbales en anglais",
    "Verbes auxiliaires en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Calque du latin non possum non. Composé de cannot et de but."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
  "raw_tags": [
    "Auxiliaire"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Termes désuets en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Benjamin Franklin, une lettre à Noah Webster, 1789, dans E. Sargent (éd.), The select works of Benjamin Franklin, 1855",
          "text": "I cannot but applaud your zeal for preserving the purity of our language, both in its expressions and pronunciation, and in correcting the popular errors several of our States are continually falling into with respect to both."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ne pas pouvoir ne pas. Ne pas pouvoir empêcher de."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Avec un infinitif"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈkæn.ɑt bʌt\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈkæn.ɒt bʌt\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "cannot help"
    },
    {
      "word": "can’t help"
    },
    {
      "word": "can’t help but"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cannot but"
}

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