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Definition of Except
1. Verb. Take exception to. "He demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
2. Verb. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted. "Leave off the top piece"
Generic synonyms: Do Away With, Eliminate, Extinguish, Get Rid Of
Specialized synonyms: Elide
Derivative terms: Exception, Exclusion, Exclusive, Omissible, Omission
Antonyms: Include
Definition of Except
1. v. t. To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.
2. v. i. To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.
3. prep. With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting.
4. conj. Unless; if it be not so that.
Definition of Except
1. Verb. (transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To take exception, to object ('''to''' or '''against'''). ¹
3. Preposition. With the exception of; but. ¹
4. Conjunction. With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated. ¹
5. Conjunction. (archaic) Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Except
1. to leave out [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Except
1. 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 draw out, to except; ex out + capere to take: cf. F. Excepter. See Capable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Except
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