'Can not choose but' definitions:
Definition of 'Can not choose but'
From: GCIDE
- Choose \Choose\, v. i.
- 1. To make a selection; to decide. [1913 Webster]
- They had only to choose between implicit obedience and open rebellion. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To do otherwise. "Can I choose but smile?" --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Can not choose but, must necessarily. [1913 Webster]
- Thou canst not choose but know who I am. --Shak. [1913 Webster]