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Can not choose but

Choose \Choose\, v. i.

  1. To make a selection; to decide.

    They had only to choose between implicit obedience and open rebellion.
    --Prescott.

  2. To do otherwise. ``Can I choose but smile?''
    --Pope.

    Can not choose but, must necessarily.

    Thou canst not choose but know who I am.
    --Shak.