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ex·cept (ek sept, ik-)

transitive verb

to leave out or take out; make an exception of; exclude; omit

Etymology: ME excepten < OFr excepter < L exceptare, to take out, except < exceptus, pp. of excipere < ex-, out + capere, to take: see have

intransitive verb

Now Rare to object; take exception: with to or against to except to a remark

leaving out; omitting; other than; but to everyone except me

Etymology: ME < L exceptus

conjunction

  1. Archaic unless
  2. Informal were it not true; only: often followed by that I'd quit except that I need the money
  3. otherwise than she doesn't leave home except to attend church
except Idioms

except for

if it were not for

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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