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• Definition: An auxiliary verb which expresses certain "moods" related to permission, obligation, suggestion, or the speaker's attitude toward the truth of her or his assertions; for example, can, may, will, shall, must.

  Source: American English, second edition by Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes