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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXCEPT', v.t. [L. excipio; ex and capio, to take. See Caption, Capture.]
1. To take or leave out of any number specified; to exclude; as, of the thirty persons present and concerned in a riot, we must except two.
2. To take or leave out any particular or particulars, from a general description.
When he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted who did put all things under him. 1 Corinthians 14.
EXCEPT', v.i. To object; to make an objection or objections; usually followed by to; sometimes by against. I except to a witness, or to his testimony, on account of his interest or partiality.
EXCEPT', pp. Contracted from excepted. Taken out; not included. All were involved in this affair, except one; that is, one excepted, the case absolute or independent clause. Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish; that is, except this fact, that ye repent, or this fact being excepted, removed, taken away, ye shall all likewise perish. Or except may be considered as the imperative mode. Except, thou or ye, this fact, ye shall all likewise perish. Hence except is equivalent to without, unless, and denotes exclusion.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday" [syn: demur, except]
2: prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece" [syn: exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out] [ant: include]

Merriam Webster's

I. preposition also excepting Date: 14th century with the exclusion or exception of <daily except Sundays> II. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French excepter, from Latin exceptare, frequentative of excipere to take out, except, from ex- + capere to take — more at heave Date: 14th century transitive verb to take or leave out from a number or a whole ; exclude intransitive verb to take exception ; object • exceptive adjective III. conjunction also excepting Date: 15th century 1. on any other condition than that ; unless <except you repent> 2. with this exception, namely <was inaccessible except by boat> 3. only — often followed by that <I would go except that it's too far>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v., prep., & conj. --v.tr. (often as excepted adj. placed after object) exclude from a general statement, condition, etc. (excepted him from the amnesty; present company excepted). --prep. (often foll. by for) not including; other than (all failed except him; all here except for John; is all right except that it is too long). --conj. archaic unless (except he be born again). Etymology: ME f. L excipere except- (as EX-(1), capere take)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Except Ex*cept", conj. Unless; if it be not so that. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. --Gen. xxxii. 26. But yesterday you never opened lip, Except, indeed, to drink. --Tennyson. Note: As a conjunction unless has mostly taken the place of except.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Except Ex*cept", prep. [Originally past participle, or verb in the imperative mode.] With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting. God and his Son except, Created thing naught valued he nor . . . shunned. --Milton. Syn: Except, Excepting, But, Save, Besides. Usage: Excepting, except, but, and save are exclusive. Except marks exclusion more pointedly. ``I have finished all the letters except one,'' is more marked than ``I have finished all the letters but one.'' Excepting is the same as except, but less used. Save is chiefly found in poetry. Besides (lit., by the side of) is in the nature of addition. ``There is no one here except or but him,'' means, take him away and there is nobody present. ``There is nobody here besides him,'' means, hi is present and by the side of, or in addition to, him is nobody. ``Few ladies, except her Majesty, could have made themselves heard.'' In this example, besides should be used, not except.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Except Ex*cept", 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.] 1. To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit. Who never touched The excepted tree. --Milton. Wherein (if we only except the unfitness of the judge) all other things concurred. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. To object to; to protest against. [Obs.] --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Except Ex*cept", v. i. To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony. Except thou wilt except against my love. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use except to introduce the only thing or person that a statement does not apply to, or a fact that prevents a statement from being completely true. I wouldn't have accepted anything except a job in Europe... I don't take any drugs whatsoever, except aspirin for colds... PREP • Except is also a conjunction. Freddie would tell me nothing about what he was writing, except that it was to be a Christmas play... CONJ: oft CONJ that/when/where/if 2. You use except for to introduce the only thing or person that prevents a statement from being completely true. He hadn't eaten a thing except for one forkful of salad... Everyone was late, except for Richard. PREP-PHRASE

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Exclude, reject, omit, leave out, do not include. II. v. n. Object, make objection, take exception. III. prep. Excepting, excluding, save, leaving out, with the exception of. IV. conj. Unless, unless it be that, if it be not that.

Moby Thesaurus

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