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[ik-sept] 
–preposition
| 1. | with the exclusion of; excluding; save; but: They were all there except me. |
–conjunction
—Idiom| 2. | only; with the exception (usually fol. by that): parallel cases except that one is younger than the other. |
| 3. | otherwise than; but (fol. by an adv., phrase, or clause): well fortified except here. |
| 4. | Archaic. unless. |
| 5. | except for, if it were not for: She would travel more except for lack of money. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME: orig., ptp. adj. < L exceptus (ptp. of excipere to take out), equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + -ceptus (comb. form of captus, ptp. of capere to take)
1350–1400; ME: orig., ptp. adj. < L exceptus (ptp. of excipere to take out), equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + -ceptus (comb. form of captus, ptp. of capere to take)
Synonyms:
1. Except (more rarely excepting), but, save point out something excluded from a general statement. Except emphasizes the excluding: Take any number except 12. But merely states the exclusion: We ate all but one. Save is now mainly found in poetic use: nothing in sight save sky and sea.
1. Except (more rarely excepting), but, save point out something excluded from a general statement. Except emphasizes the excluding: Take any number except 12. But merely states the exclusion: We ate all but one. Save is now mainly found in poetic use: nothing in sight save sky and sea.
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