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