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   Except
   Ex·cept' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Excepted ; present participle & verbal noun Excepting .] [ Latin exceptus , past participle of excipere to take or draw out, to except; ex out + capere to take: confer French excepter . See Capable .] 1. To take or leave out (an ...
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   Except
   Ex·cept' intransitive verb 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.
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   Except
   Ex·cept' preposition [ 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 . Excepting , except ,
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   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. » As a conjunction unless has mostly taken the place of except .
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   except
   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. ... Origin: L. Exceptus, p. P. Of excipere to take or ...
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   except
   leave out 1 leave off verb prevent from being included or considered or accepted; `The bad results were excluded from the report`; `Leave off the top piece`
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   Except
   • (v. t.) To object to; to protest against. • (prep.) With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting. • (v. i.) To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony. • (v. t.) To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; ...
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   except
   except (ik SEPT) 1. To leave out, excluding: 'Put everything in the box except the vase.' 2. Exempt, exclude, omit: 'The “A” students were excepted from taking the exam.'
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