Except
[ɪk'sept;ek-] or [ɪk'sɛpt]
Definition
(v. t.) To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.
(v. t.) To object to; to protest against.
(v. i.) To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.
(prep.) With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting.
(conj.) Unless; if it be not so that.
Typed by Cedric
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Exclude, reject, leave out.
v. n. Object, make objection, take exception.
prep. Excepting, excluding, save, leaving out, with the exception of.
Typist: Trevor
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Exclude, save, bar, {[*egre!]?}, ate, negative
ANT:Count, include, reckon, state, classify, propound, affirm, admit
Edited by Greg
Definition
v.t. to take or leave out: to exclude.—v.i. to object.—prep. leaving out: excluding: but.—adj. and n. Except′ant.—prep. Except′ing with the exception of except.—n. Excep′tion the act of excepting: that which is excepted: exclusion: objection: offence.—adj. Excep′tionable objectionable.—adv. Excep′tionably.—adj. Excep′tional peculiar.—adv. Excep′tionally.—adjs. Excep′tious disposed to take exception; Except′ive including making or being an exception; Except′less (Shak.) making an exception usual.—n. Except′or.
Typist: Waldo
Examples
- Better than he thought,--except the last clause. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Except one man, who got up and went out. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Nor has he--except for their one great gift to him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Except bills of exchange, and some other mercantile bills, all other deeds, bonds, and contracts, are subject to a stamp duty. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Yes; there it lies on its side, dried up; except for its plumage, very like myself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When the buzzard was put away--he burSt. We will except the buzzard then. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- All wished Miss Abbey good-night and Miss Abbey wished good-night to all, except Riderhood. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Subsequently, the 19th corps was excepted form the order to return to the James. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Nearly all the journals read by the masses objected from the first to the dictatorship of the group of Premiers, Mr. Wilson being excepted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was not much youth among the bathers, but there was no youth (the young person always excepted) in the articles of Podsnappery. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- During the intervening period I had no time to nurse chimeras; and I believe I was as active and gay as anybody--Adele excepted. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Hazle eyes excepted, two years more might make her all that he wished. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Near the sources of the Arveiron we performed the rites for, four only excepted, the last of the species. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If he looks out through the glass, the boldest boy (Steerforth excepted) stops in the middle of a shout or yell, and becomes contemplative. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He had no weapon, excepting a poniard at his belt, which served to counterbalance the weight of the bunch of rusty keys that hung at his right side. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It drew together all the known world, excepting only the western Mediterranean, into one drama. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I have read him all, excepting only the last little sentence, and he wishes me most particular to write again what larks. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The pause in the tournament was still uninterrupted, excepting by the voices of the heralds exclaiming--Love of ladies, splintering of lances! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- No one, excepting myseln, can ever know what honour, an' what love, an' respect, I bear to Rachael, or wi' what cause. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- What the poor are to the poor is little known, excepting to themselves and God. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She then said to her train, Retire, excepting only Elgitha; I would speak with this holy Pilgrim. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Checker: Quincy