exceptive
Americanadjective
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being or making an exception.
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disposed to take exception; objecting.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of exceptive
From the Late Latin word exceptīvus, dating back to 1555–65. See except 2, -ive
Example Sentences
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Waking is an inferior exceptive kind of existence, into which she is dragged by the base exigencies of the world.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852 by Chambers, Robert
The exceptive proposition is merely an affirmative way of stating the exclusive— No not-A is B = All not-A is not-B.
From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph
Eminent persons among them will nevertheless aim after and attain a purer truth than that which they find established: but such a case must always be rare and exceptive.
From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Newman, Francis William
War, then, huge evil though it be, is, after all, but the exceptive case, a casual misdirection of properties and powers essentially good.
From Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Chambers, Robert
The circumstance of their greater size, or, indeed, any other discernible difference, cannot here be pleaded as exceptive, without in reality abandoning the principles on which the solution is constructed.
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