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ex·cept2    Audio Help   [ik-sept] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to exclude; leave out: present company excepted.
–verb (used without object)
2.to object (usually fol. by to or against): to except to a statement; to except against a witness.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME excepten < MF excepter < L exceptāre, deriv. of exceptus (see except1)]

—Related forms
ex·cept·a·ble, adjective

—Usage note See accept.
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ex·cept1    Audio Help   [ik-sept] Pronunciation Key
–preposition
1.with the exclusion of; excluding; save; but: They were all there except me.
–conjunction
2.only; with the exception (usually fol. by that): parallel cases except that one is younger than the other.
3.otherwise than; but (fol. by an adv., phrase, or clause): well fortified except here.
4.Archaic. unless.
—Idiom
5.except for, if it were not for: She would travel more except for lack of money.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME: orig., ptp. adj. < L exceptus (ptp. of excipere to take out), equiv. to ex- ex-1 + -ceptus (comb. form of captus, ptp. of capere to take)]

—Synonyms 1. Except (more rarely excepting), but, save point out something excluded from a general statement. Except emphasizes the excluding: Take any number except 12. But merely states the exclusion: We ate all but one. Save is now mainly found in poetic use: nothing in sight save sky and sea.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  except
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  ban, bar, besides, eliminate, exclude, exempt, however, omit, only, reject, save, unless, than
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  exclude
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To keep from being admitted, included, or considered.
Synonyms:  bar, count out, debar, eliminate, keep out, rule out, shut out
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  object
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To express opposition, often by argument.
Synonyms:  challenge, demur, expostulate, inveigh, protest, remonstrate
Idioms:  set up a squawk, take exception
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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