EXCEPT
verb
Definitions
- 1. To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit. Who never touched The excepted tree. Milton. Wherein (if we only except the unfitness of the judge) all other things concurred. Bp. Stillingfleet.
- 2. To object to; to protest against. [Obs.] Shak.
Other Definitions
This word also has 2 other definitions:
EXCEPT
(conjunction)
Unless; if it be not so that. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Gen. xxxii. 26. But yesterday you never opened lip, Except, i...
EXCEPT
(preposition)
With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting. God and his Son except, Created thing naught valued he nor . . . shunned. Milton.
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
