Main Entry: ²except

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 : excludeintransitive verb : to take exception : object

— ex·cep·tive \-ˈsep-təv\ adjective