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[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. |
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| ex·cept (ĭk-sěpt') prep. With the exclusion of; other than; but: everyone except me. conj.
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. |
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