can not choose but

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can not choose but - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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