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cant(9) (iou)



cant verb3. [kant] M16.
[Prob. from Latin cantare: see CHANT verb.]
verb intrans. Whine; beg. M16-M19.
verb intrans. & trans. Speak; talk; say. slang & dial. M16-L18.
verb intrans. Use cant or jargon; affect fashionable or pietistic phraseology. M16.
verb trans. Utter with cant phraseology. Now rare. M17.
verb trans. & intrans. Chant; sing. M17-E19.
canting adjective (a) that cants, using cant; (b) arch. of the nature of cant; (c) Heraldry containing an allusion to the name of the bearer: L16.
cantingly adverb L17.