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 2 1350–1400; Middle English excepten <
Middle French excepter <
Latin exceptāre, derivative of
exceptus (see
except1 )
Related forms ex·cept·a·ble , adjective non·ex·cept·ed , adjective un·ex·cept·a·ble , adjective un·ex·cept·ed , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for excepted exclude ,
bate ,
object ,
bar ,
exempt ,
omit ,
expostulate ,
disallow ,
protest ,
suspend ,
eliminate ,
reject ,
ban ,
debar ,
taboo ,
remonstrate ,
inveigh Examples from the Web for excepted Contemporary Examples of excepted He then added, unhelpfully, “All English writers are the same; Walter Scott excepted , all lack a plot.”
The Republicans are going to oppose it to a person (well, Mark Kirk excepted , maybe).
Today he is claimed like no other 20th-century writer—Orwell not excepted —by both sides of the political spectrum.
Historical Examples of excepted These excepted , the only survivors of this tragic scene were Capts.
We have excepted in favour of Little John, because he is great John, and his name is a misnomer.
All the more prominent eminences were measured and ascended, the Kenia not excepted .
Can it be that you alone are excepted as a signal instance of Divine neglect?
I know more about it than anyone else in the world, its present owner not excepted .
British Dictionary definitions for excepted 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
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conjunction informal except that; but for the fact that I would have arrived earlier, except I lost my way
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verb (tr) to leave out; omit; exclude
(intr often foll by to ) rare to take exception; object
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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 excepted v. 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.).
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