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ex⋅cept⋅ing

  [ik-sep-ting]
Use Excepting in a Sentence
–preposition
1. excluding; barring; saving; with the exception of; except: Excepting the last chapter, the book is finished.
–conjunction
2. Archaic. except; unless; save.
Origin:
1540–50; except 2 + -ing 2

Synonyms:
1. See except 1 .

ex⋅cept

2  [ik-sept]
–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 except 1 )

Related forms:
ex⋅cept⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Usage note:
See accept.
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ex·cept   (ĭk-sěpt')   
prep.  With the exclusion of; other than; but: everyone except me.
conj.  
  1. If it were not for the fact that; only. Often used with that: I would buy the suit, except that it costs too much.
  2. Otherwise than: They didn't open their mouths except to complain.
  3. Unless: "And ne'er throughout the year to church thou go'st/Except it be to pray against thy foes" (Shakespeare).
v.   ex·cept·ed, ex·cept·ing, ex·cepts

v.   tr.
To leave out; exclude: An admission fee is charged, but children are excepted.
v.   intr.
To object: Counsel excepted to the court's ruling.

[Middle English, from Latin exceptus, past participle of excipere, to exclude : ex-, ex- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
Usage Note: Except in the sense of "with the exclusion of" or "other than" is generally viewed as a preposition, not a conjunction. Therefore, a personal pronoun that follows except should be in the objective case: No one except me knew it. Everyone had a ticket except her.
ex·cept·ing   (ĭk-sěp'tĭng)   
prep.  With the exception of.
conj.  Except.
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Excepting

Ex*cept"ing\, prep. & conj., but properly a participle. With rejection or exception of; excluding; except. "Excepting your worship's presence." --Shak.

No one was ever yet made utterly miserable, excepting by himself. --Lubbock.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Excepting
Spanish: excepto, salvo,
German: ausgenommen,
Japanese: ～を除いて
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