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ex⋅empt

  [ig-zempt]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to free from an obligation or liability to which others are subject; release: to exempt a student from an examination.
–adjective
2. released from, or not subject to, an obligation, liability, etc.: organizations exempt from taxes.
–noun
3. a person who is exempt from an obligation, duty, etc.
4. (in Britain) exon.
Origin:
1325–75; (adj.) ME < OF < L exemptus, ptp. of eximere to take out, free, release, equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + emptus (ptp. of emere to buy, obtain); (v.) late ME exempten < OF exempter, deriv. of exempt

Related forms:
ex⋅empt⋅i⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. except, excuse, relieve.
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ex⋅on

1  [ek-son]
–noun
(in Britain) one of four yeomen of the guard who act as commanding officers in the absence of higher authority.
Also called exempt.

Origin:
1645–55; earlier exant, for F exempt (sp. altered to show F pronunciation)
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ex·empt   (ĭg-zěmpt')   
tr.v.   ex·empt·ed, ex·empt·ing, ex·empts

  1. To free from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject: exempting the disabled from military service.

  2. Obsolete To set apart; isolate.

adj.  

  1. Freed from an obligation, a duty, or a liability to which others are subject; excused: persons exempt from jury duty; income exempt from taxation; a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process.

  2. Obsolete Set apart; isolated.

n.  One who is exempted from an obligation, a duty, or a liability.

[Middle English exempten, from Old French exempter, from exempt, exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximere, to take out; see example.]
ex·empt'i·ble adj.
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Cultural Dictionary

exon

Stretches of DNA in genes that code for proteins. In eukaryotes, exons in a given gene are generally separated from each other by stretches of DNA that do not contain instructions for constructing proteins. (Compare intron.)

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Word Origin & History

exempt  (adj.)
c.1374, from L. exemptus, pp. of eximere "release, remove," from ex- "out" + emere "buy," originally "take," from PIE base *em- "to take" (cf. O.C.S. imo "to take," Lith. imui, Skt. yamati "holds, subdues"). For sense shift from "take" to "buy," compare O.E. sellan "to give," source of Mod. Eng. sell "to give in exchange for money;" Heb. laqah "he bought," originally "he took;" and colloquial Eng. I'll take it for "I'll buy it."
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ex·empt
Pronunciation: ig-'zempt
Function: adjective
: free or released from some obligation or duty to which others are subject : not subject or liable exempt and cannot be taken by a person's creditors —J. H. Williamson>

Main Entry: exempt
Function: transitive verb
: to release or exclude from some liability (as in taxation), obligation, or duty to which others are subject <exempts the income of a spendthrift trust —W. M. McGovern, Junior et al.>
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ex·on
Pronunciation: 'ek-"sän
Function: noun
: a polynucleotide sequence in a nucleic acid that codes information for proteinsynthesis and that is copied and spliced together with other such sequences to form messenger RNA —compare INTRON —ex·on·ic /ek-'sän-ik/ adjective
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Medical Dictionary

exon ex·on (ěk'sŏn)
n.
A nucleotide sequence in DNA that carries the code for the final mRNA molecule and thus defines a protein's amino acid sequence. Also called coding sequence.

ex·on'ic adj.

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