except
2[ik-sept]
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
21350–1400; Middle English excepten < Middle French excepter < Latin exceptāre, derivative of exceptus (see except1)
Usage note
See accept.
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except
preposition
conjunction
verb
Word Origin for except
C14: from Old French excepter to leave out, from Latin exceptāre, from excipere to take out, from capere to take
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