GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Except , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excepted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excepting.] [L. exceptus, p. p. of excipere to take or draw out, to except; ex out + capere to take: cf. F. excepter. See Capable.]
   To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.
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   Who never touched
   The excepted tree.
   Milton.
   
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   Wherein (if we only except the unfitness of the judge) all other things concurred.
   Bp. Stillingfleet.
   
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   To object to; to protest against. [Obs.]
   Shak.
   
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   Excepting, prep. & conj., but properly a participle. With rejection or exception of; excluding; except. “Excepting your worship's presence.”  
   Shak.
   
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   No one was ever yet made utterly miserable, excepting by himself.
   Lubbock.
   
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