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except(2) (iou)



except verb. LME.
[Latin except- pa. ppl stem of excipere, formed as EX-1 1 + capere take.]
I.
verb trans. Specify as not included in a category or group; exclude (from). As excepted pa. pple freq. postpositive. LME.
J. Bryce The Church excepted, no agent did so much. K. Tynan From their collective guilt I except Miss Zinkeisen alone.
verb intrans. Make objection (against), object or take exception (to). Now rare. LME.
verb trans. Offer or allege as an objection (against, to); object (that). L16-M18.
verb trans. Take exception to; protest against. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
II.
Accept. LME-M17.
exceptable adjective M20.