except

[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

1350–1400; Middle English excepten < Middle French excepter < Latin exceptāre, derivative of exceptus (see except¹)

Related formsex·cept·a·ble, adjectivenon·ex·cept·ed, adjectiveun·ex·cept·a·ble, adjectiveun·ex·cept·ed, adjective

Usage note

See accept.

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British Dictionary definitions for exceptable

except

preposition

Also: except for other than; apart from; with the exception ofhe 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 thatI 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

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Word Origin and History for exceptable

except

late 14c., "to receive," from Middle French excepter (12c.), from Latin exceptus, past participle of excipere "take out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + capere "to take" (see capable). Meaning "to leave out" is from 1510s. Related: Excepted; excepting. Adjectival function led to use as a preposition, conjunction (late 14c.).