[ex.cept] also ex.cept.ing prep (14c): with the exclusion or exception of "daily ~ Sundays"
[2]except vb [ME, fr. MF excepter, fr. L exceptare, fr. exceptus, pp. of excipere to take out, except, fr. ex- + capere to take--more at heave] vt (14c): to take or leave out from a number or a whole: exclude ~ vi: to take exception: object -- ex.cep.tive adj [3]except also excepting conj (15c) 1: on any other condition than that: unless "~ you repent"
2: with this exception, namely "was inaccessible ~ by boat"
3: only--often followed by that "I would go ~ that it's too far"