exceptv. t.[L. exceptus, p. p. of excipere to take or draw out, to except; ex out + capere to take: cf. F. excepter. See Capable.]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.(Shak.)v. i. To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.()Except thou wilt except against my love. (Shak.)prep.[Originally past participle, or verb in the imperative mode.] With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting.()God and his Son except,
Created thing naught valued he nor . . . shunned. (Milton.)()conj. 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, indeed, to drink. (Tennyson.)()