EXCEPT


Meaning of EXCEPT in English

v.

Function: verb

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French excepter, from Latin exceptare, frequentative of excipere to take out, except, from ex- + capere to take ― more at HEAVE

Date: 14th century

transitive verb : to take or leave out from a number or a whole : EXCLUDE

intransitive verb : to take exception : OBJECT

– ex · cep · tive \ - ' sep-t ə v \ adjective

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.