except
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[ ik-sept ]
/ ɪkˈsɛpt /
verb (used with object)
to exclude; leave out: present company excepted.
verb (used without object)
to object (usually followed by to or against): to except to a statement; to except against a witness.
Origin of except
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1350–1400; Middle English
excepten < Middle French
excepter < Latin
exceptāre, derivative of
exceptus (see
except1)
usage note for except
See
accept.
OTHER WORDS FROM except
ex·cept·a·ble, adjective non·ex·cept·ed, adjective un·ex·cept·a·ble, adjective un·ex·cept·ed, adjectiveWords nearby except
Example sentences from the Web for excepted
British Dictionary definitions for excepted
except
/ (ɪkˈsɛpt) /
preposition
Also: except for
other than; apart from; with the exception of
he likes everyone except you; except for this mistake, you did very well
except that (conjunction)
but for the fact that; were it not true that
conjunction
an archaic word for unless
informal
except that; but for the fact that
I would have arrived earlier, except I lost my way
verb
(tr)
to leave out; omit; exclude
(intr often foll by to) rare
to take exception; object
Word Origin for except
C14: from Old French
excepter to leave out, from Latin
exceptāre, from
excipere to take out, from
capere to take