couth

Couth (kth), imp. & p. p. of Can. Etym: [See Can, and cf. Uncouth.] Defn: Could; was able; knew or known; understood. [Obs.] Above all other one Daniel He loveth, for he couth well Divine, that none other couth; To him were all thing couth, As he had it of God's grace. Gower.

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