EXCEPT

I. preposition also ~ing Date: 14th century with the exclusion or ~ion of , II. verb see: heave Date: 14th century transitive verb to take or leave out from a number or a whole ; exclude , intransitive verb to take ~ion ; object , ~ive adjective III. conjunction also ~ing Date: 15th century on any other condition than that ; unless , with this ~ion, namely , only