'Excepted' definitions:

Definition of 'Excepted'

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  • Except \Ex*cept"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excepted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excepting.] [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. [1913 Webster]
  • Who never touched The excepted tree. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Wherein (if we only except the unfitness of the judge) all other things concurred. --Bp. Stillingfleet. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To object to; to protest against. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]