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(ek-sĕpt'), v. t. [imp. & p. p. EXCEPTED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXCEPTING.] [Lat. excipere, exceptum, from ex, out, and capere, to take; Fr. excepter, Pr. & Sp. exceptar, Sp. also exceptuar, O. It. eccettare, N. It. eccetuare.] To leave out of any number specified; to exclude.
Who never touched The excepted tree. Milton.
To take exception; to object;—usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.
Except thou wilt except against my love. Shak.
originally past participle, or verb in the imperative mode. [Lat. exceptus, p. p. of excipere; Sp. excepto, It. eccetto, Fr. excepté. See supra.] With exclusion of; leaving out; excepting.
God and his Son except, Nought valued he nor feared. Milton.
Synonyms—But; unless.—EXCEPT, BUT. Both these words are used in excluding, but with this difference, that except does it more pointedly. “I have finished all the letters except one,” is more marked than “I have finished all the letters but one.” The same remarks apply to excepting, and with the exception of. “Excepting a single case, nothing more remains to be attended to.” “With the exception of one individual, I have no complaint to make against the members of that family.” “People come into the world in Turkey the same way they do here; and yet, excepting the royal family, they get but little by it.” Collier. See UNLESS.
conj. With exclusion of the case that; unless; if not.
Except it be because her method is so glib and easy. Milton.