exceptadj.prep.conj.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈsɛpt/,

/ɛkˈsɛpt/, U.S.

/ᵻkˈsɛpt/,

/ɛkˈsɛpt/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s excepte, Middle English Scottish excep.

Etymology: < Latin exceptus, past participle of excipĕre : see except v.

†A. adj. = excepted adj., past participle of except v.

†1. As predicate (with the verb to be) or as object complement: Not included. Also occasionally, Exempted. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1482 Monk of Evesham 63 He thoughte hym selfe excepte in this worlde fro the comon labur of men.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxlvii. 177 To this truse all parties were agreed, but Bretayne was clerely excepte.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Qvii^v The greatest synner that is maye attayne therto, & none be except.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings xv. 22 Kynge Asa caused it be proclamed in all Iuda: Here be no man excepte.

†2. ? Accepted. Obsolete. (See except v. 6)The old editions read expert, which may be correct.

ΚΠ

c1400 Rom. Rose 4291 She was except in his servise.

†3. In construction with a noun in the nominative absolute; = ‘(being) excepted’. Obsolete.

a. preceding the noun. (See B. 1.)

b. following the noun.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > [adjective] > excepted

out-takea1325

exempt1426

except1467

reserved1565

excepteda1569

reservatory1654

exempted1712

1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 394 Yf eny citezen fforen wolle..sue eny citezen denesyn for eny matere or cause done w^t outforth..ples of lond only except.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cx. f. xlix All other aswell of Brytons, as of Saxons faylyd, or lefte of, that allonly excepte.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Acts xxvi. E I wolde to God, that..I mighte persuade..the..to be soch I am, these bondes excepte. [Wyclif out takun thes bondis; L. exceptis vinculis his.]

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 197 Richard, except those whome we fight against, Had rather haue vs winne, then him they follow.

1646 E. Fisher Marrow Mod. Divin. (ed. 2) 7 Let all the fruits of Paradise be in thy power, one tree except.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 678 God and his Son except, Created thing naught vallu'd he nor shun'd.

B. prep.

1. In Middle English, in the construction A. 3, the participle, like its synonym out-taken, might precede the noun. When this collocation of a participle ceased to be idiomatic, except became a preposition, with the sense: Excepting, with the exception of, save, but.Owing to the rarity of instances in which an inflected pronoun takes the place of a noun, it is impossible to say definitely how soon the change in the grammatical character of the word took place, but it had probably begun before 16th cent. Cf. French excepté and hormis, which are now treated as prepositions. Possibly the word was something taken as the imperative of except v.; cf. excipe in the Eton Latin Syntax.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > subjected to a condition [preposition] > unless

except1377

nobbuta1400

unless1531

'cept1851

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ix. 140 Alle shal deye..Excepte one~liche of eche kynde a couple [A. x. 169 out-taken Eihte soules and of vche beest A couple].

14.. Customs of Malton in Surtees Misc. (1890) 58 In y^e feyldes and in y^e more..and in all othyr places, excepptt severall of y^e lorde.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 1026 Thai entryt In, befor thaim fand no ma Excep wemen.

1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre vi. f. lxxxiii^v No Capitaine will lye nere the enemie, except he y^t is desposed to faight the fielde.

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 26^v Olde wyues are, wont to saye that no nyghte in the yeare, except one passeth without lyghtnynge.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 91 France is reuolted from the English quite, Except some petty Townes.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xix. 204 The rabble of mankind..know nothing of liberty except the name.

1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 18 Feb. 393/2 Everybody else in the room had fits, except the wardswoman.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 291 There where we go shall all be new to thee Except the love that thou hast won from me.

†2. Leaving out of account; hence, in addition to, besides, as well as. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 27 Excepte fleshe, fishe and eldinge..this Ile hes a pasture..that may feid sum wethiris.

1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 95 Except the hours of sleep, we were rarely from each other.

†3. Without. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Fv^v Neuer enter any parson in your booke..except the consent of the same person.

C. conj.

1. Introducing a predicative clause expressing a fact that forms an exception to the statement made. Now only in full form except that (in which except looks like a prep. with sentence as object); in 16–17th centuries that was sometimes omitted. Cf. French excepté que.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclusiveness [conjunction] > except

out-takea1325

save?c1335

out-takena1382

saving1395

saving?a1425

except that1569

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 260 Then there came..men of estate out of the good Townes of Flaundyrs, except out of Gaunt there came none.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iv. 6 King What store of parting teares were shed? Aum. Faith none for me, except the Northe ast winde..Awak[t] the sleeping rhewme, and so by chance Did grace our hollow pa[r]ting with a teare.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iii. 271 More of his souldiership I know not, except in that Country, he had the honour to be the Officer..to instruct for the doubling of files.

1894 N.E.D. at Except Mod. The cases are quite parallel, except that A. is a younger man than B.

2. Introducing a clause expressing a supposed case in which an exception will or may exist; = ‘unless’, ‘if not’.

†a. in full form except that, except that if. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > on condition that [conjunction] > except, unless

warne1340

savea1393

lessa1400

unless1473

except that if1513

except1526

excepta1616

'cept1851

1513 More in Harding's Chron. (1543) This is my minde..excepte that any of you my Lordes anye thinge perceaue to the contrarye [The reading is doubtful; Rastell's text ( More's Wks. 1557 I. 48) omits that].

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxii. 257 He shall leaue them entierly to us, excepte that if y^e Frenche kynges had theym by exchaunge for other landes.

b. as simple conj. The use of subjunct. or indic. follows the same rules as with if conj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > on condition that [conjunction] > except, unless

warne1340

savea1393

lessa1400

unless1473

except that if1513

except1526

excepta1616

'cept1851

14.. Customs of Malton in Surtees Misc. (1890) 59 Exceppvd thay haffe prisoners for to delyver.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Ai^v Harde it is for any persone..to perceyue the..dryft of this treatise..except they rede before..the two first bokes.

1531 Act 23 Hen. VIII i. §4 Every such person..shall..abide in perpetuall prison.. Except onely such person.. do fynde two sufficiente suerties.

1641 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1826) (modernized text) II. 43 He..said he would not go off the bench except he were commanded.

1678 C. Hatton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 163 I desire not to meddle with y^e mother, except y^r Lo^ppe will take y^e boys.

1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 15 Except my memory fails me, these are all.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xix. 147 Nobody knows of the matter, except he has complained to my brother.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xcii. 137 In vain shalt thou..call The spirits..Except..thou too canst say My spirit is at peace with all.

1872 G. W. Dasent Three to One I. 219 She never offered any one advice, except it were asked of her.

c. After except conj. the phrases it be, it were, etc., are often used instead of repeating the principal verb.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > on condition that [conjunction] > except, unless

warne1340

savea1393

lessa1400

unless1473

except that if1513

except1526

excepta1616

'cept1851

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 43 Ne're throughout the yeere to Church thou go'st, Except it be to pray against thy foes.

a1674 J. Milton (Webster 1864) Except it be because her method is so glib and easy.

1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 252 No drama..will be [written] except it be by the same hand.

a. Followed by an adverb, phrase, or clause expressing the particular manner, degree, time, place, means, purpose, attendant circumstance, etc., with regard to which the proposition is not applicable: Otherwise (or elsewhere, etc.) than.This construction may be regarded as an instance of the use of the preposition (see B. 1) with adverbial phrase as object, for which cf. expressions like ‘The cause was tried in London instead of at York.’ It may, however, have arisen from 2 by ellipsis: cf. similar use of unless.

ΚΠ

1592 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) i. sig. I3^v The ordering (except in letters Defensorie) is wholly exempted the course in al others prescribed.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. i. 12 I would not change this hue, Except to steale your thoughts my gentle Queene.

1654 T. Fuller Triana iii He..affirms her disease mortal, except one herb procured for her, etc.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. v. 81 Nor do I know how to prevent the course of justice, except by paying the money myself.

1816 J. Wilson City of Plague i. iii A lone castaway..Who hopes no resting~place except in heaven.

1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xi. 632 Society can have no hold on any class except through the medium of their interests.

1868 C. Clarke Relig. & Duty 70 The Apostle counted himself weak except as strengthened by the Spirit of God.

1877 F. Hall Eng. Adj. in -able 161 Rely, Except metaphorically, has not a personal reference.

1894 N.E.D. at Except Mod. The city was strongly fortified on all sides, except here.

b. except for: exception being made for, were it not for, but for.

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exceptv.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈsɛpt/,

/ɛkˈsɛpt/, U.S.

/ᵻkˈsɛpt/,

/ɛkˈsɛpt/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s excepte, 1500s Scottish excep, 1600s eccept, exept.

Etymology: < French excepte-r, < Latin except- participial stem of excipĕre to take out, < ex- out + capĕre to take. Compare Provençal exceptar; the formally equivalent Latin exceptāre had only the sense ‘to catch, take up’. Anglo-Norman had exceper (Britton ii. xvi. §3, iv. iv. §1) apparently < Latin excipĕre.

a. transitive. To take or leave out (of any aggregate or collective whole); ‘to leave out and specify as left out’ (Johnson); to exclude (from an enumeration, the scope of a statement or enactment, a privilege, etc.); to leave out of account or consideration. Const. from, out of; also simply.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclude [verb (transitive)] > except

to take outc1175

out-takec1390

outnima1400

excludec1400

outcepta1470

reserve1523

except1530

exempt1548

to put by1594

abate1598

exemea1600

bate1619

rescinda1687

to tell out1812

to tell out of ——1812

exception1845

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > deduction > deduct [verb (transitive)] > exclude (from a total)

to take outc1175

omit1439

except1530

suppress1697

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 541/2 He is the best of al his kynne, I excepte none.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Cor. xv. C He is excepted, which put all thinges vnder him.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie ii. iv. 103 All meates indifferent..were it not that God by name excepted some.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 280 Within the [printed tho] Bond of Marriage, tell me Brutus, Is it excepted, I should know no Secrets That appertaine to you.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 376 He hath given his law to all, [he] excepts no man..from salvation.

1680 R. Baxter Answer to Dr. Stillingfleet xii. 20 He that marrieth Persons may not except the Husbands Power of Government.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 516 Another clause in the bill was liable to great objections: All the Royal Family were excepted out of it.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 270 If you except corn and such other vegetables as are raised altogether by human industry.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. iv. 98 I hope you do not except yourself?

1882 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. II. 196 He was excepted from the general pardon.

b. In past participle excepted in the absol. const., and placed after the noun. Cf. except adj. 3.

ΚΠ

1514 Earl of Worcester in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 234 He shall have ..as many [men] more..to serve his Grace ayenst any Prince leving noon reservid nor exceptid.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 72 His father the king excepted, there is none whose honor I more tender and loue.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 46 [The Ile] procreates nothing note-worthy, Salt excepted.

1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. vii. 18 The whole kingdom, a small corner excepted, was subjected to the Turkish yoke.

1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire v. 75 The Church excepted, no agent did so much to keep alive the memory of Roman institutions.

a. intransitive. To make objection; to object or take exception. Const. against (exceedingly common in 17th cent.), †at, to. Also in indirect passive. From the use of Latin excipere (adversus aliquem) in Roman Law; the etymological notion being that of limiting the right alleged in an opponent's declaration by setting up a countervailing right in the defendant which excepts his case (see exception n. 4). [ < the use of Latin excipere (adversus aliquem ) in Roman Law; the etymological notion being that of limiting the right alleged in an opponent's declaration by setting up a countervailing right in the defendant which excepts his case (see exception n. 4).]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (transitive)]

strivea1400

objectc1443

repugna1513

controlc1525

to lay something in a person's light1530

pass1534

take1542

to think (it) much1548

challenge?1577

except1577

except1597

to formalize upon1597

formalize1599

scruple1627

demur1827

1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus i. xxi, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 248 He excepteth against Eusebius and his adherents, as open enemyes.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 5 Sixtus..and Alphonsus..men not to be excepted against by them of Rome.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iii. 6 Mar. Sir Toby..your Cosin..takes great exceptions to your ill houres. To. Why let her except .

1620 F. Bacon Let. 19 Mar. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) III. 236 I may be allowed to except to the witnesses brought against me.

1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. ii. 33 Parliament consented to all the Propositions; but the King excepted against one of them.

1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 53 in Scepsis Scientifica He excepts at Gassendus's animadverting on Aristotle's manners.

1713 R. Steele in Guardian 20 Apr. 1/1 One..excepted to the Gentility of Sir William Hearty, because he wore a Frize Coat.

1747 E. M. da Costa in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 406 As for the regular Figure of the Belemnites being excepted against, I believe few Fossilists will argument that.

1852 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (ed. 2) II. 50 The criminals who excepted against Cato were generally condemned.

1885 Sir E. E. Kay in Law Times Rep. 52 84/2 They had got their affidavit, to the sufficiency of which they did not except.

†b. transferred of a document. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 22 If the bill be foreign, a merchant draws two or three of the same..date, each of which excepts against the rest, that no more than one of them should be paid.

†3. transitive. To offer or allege as an objection; to object. Const. with simple object or object clause, against, to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (transitive)] > offer or allege as an objection

excepta1592

a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) v. sig. I2^v O Lawyer..Why thriue you by contentions? Why deuise you Clawses, and subtile reasons to except?

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 37 They have heard some talke; Such an one is a great rich Man; And another except to it; Yea, but he hath a great charge of Children.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xxxix. 95 Others excepted, that this exception was nothing worth.

1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Rochester (1692) 96 I desired him to..see what he could except to them.

1753 Trial J. Stewart 267 The learned gentleman..has been pleased to except against this part of the evidence; that [etc.].

†4. To object to; to take exception to; to protest against. Obsolete. rare except in Shakespeare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (intransitive)]

opposec1380

repugna1382

object?a1425

to stick at ——1525

quarrel1570

except1597

formalize1597

demur1639

the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (transitive)]

strivea1400

objectc1443

repugna1513

controlc1525

to lay something in a person's light1530

pass1534

take1542

to think (it) much1548

challenge?1577

except1577

except1597

to formalize upon1597

formalize1599

scruple1627

demur1827

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 72 There I throw my gage..And lay aside my high bloudes royaltie, Which Feare..makes thee to except .

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxlvii. sig. I3^v I desperate now approoue. Desire is death, which Phisick did except.

†5. In lit. sense: To take out, extract, excerpt.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > extract > extract (from) [verb (transitive)]

deflowera1387

abstracta1475

excerptc1536

excerp1570

extract1607

gut1715

except1721

clip1872

1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials I. xli. 315 The judgments of which two last are excepted out of the rest and printed in the History of the Reformation.

†6. To receive, accept. Obsolete. [A frequent sense of Latin excipere; but in some at least of the examples the word is a mistake for accept adj.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > receive [verb (transitive)] > accept

onfangeOE

fangOE

to take with ——lOE

takec1175

understandc1200

afangc1275

receivec1330

accepta1382

'lowa1382

except1393

to take up1570

to take a person up on (something)1807

to take up1810

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 178 To the pouer and to the riche His [the king's] lawes mighten stonden liche, He shall excepte no persone.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xvi. xxxix Her [fortune's] louring chere she may ryght sone chaunge, And you excepte and cal unto her grace.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxiiii. sig. Pi^v Her grace hath excepted my seruice.

1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Ii^v To except them (as they be) very lordes of the narowe sea.

1638 Knolles's Gen. Hist. Turkes (ed. 5) 149 Which their offer he gladly excepted [earlier accepted].

?a1645 A. Stafford Just Apol. in Life Blessed Virgin (1860) p. xxxiv God so willing eccept my ejaculatory Prayrs.

absolute.1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 862 Quhat will you do, I wald we wist: except or gif vs over.

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单词	except
释义	exceptadj.prep.conj. Brit. /ᵻkˈsɛpt/, /ɛkˈsɛpt/, U.S. /ᵻkˈsɛpt/, /ɛkˈsɛpt/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s excepte, Middle English Scottish excep. Etymology: < Latin exceptus, past participle of excipĕre : see except v. †A. adj. = excepted adj., past participle of except v. †1. As predicate (with the verb to be) or as object complement: Not included. Also occasionally, Exempted. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1482 Monk of Evesham 63 He thoughte hym selfe excepte in this worlde fro the comon labur of men. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxlvii. 177 To this truse all parties were agreed, but Bretayne was clerely excepte. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Qvii^v The greatest synner that is maye attayne therto, & none be except. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings xv. 22 Kynge Asa caused it be proclamed in all Iuda: Here be no man excepte. †2. ? Accepted. Obsolete. (See except v. 6)The old editions read expert, which may be correct. ΚΠ c1400 Rom. Rose 4291 She was except in his servise. †3. In construction with a noun in the nominative absolute; = ‘(being) excepted’. Obsolete. a. preceding the noun. (See B. 1.) b. following the noun. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > [adjective] > excepted out-takea1325 exempt1426 except1467 reserved1565 excepteda1569 reservatory1654 exempted1712 1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 394 Yf eny citezen fforen wolle..sue eny citezen denesyn for eny matere or cause done w^t outforth..ples of lond only except. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cx. f. xlix All other aswell of Brytons, as of Saxons faylyd, or lefte of, that allonly excepte. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Acts xxvi. E I wolde to God, that..I mighte persuade..the..to be soch I am, these bondes excepte. [Wyclif out takun thes bondis; L. exceptis vinculis his.] 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 197 Richard, except those whome we fight against, Had rather haue vs winne, then him they follow. View more context for this quotation 1646 E. Fisher Marrow Mod. Divin. (ed. 2) 7 Let all the fruits of Paradise be in thy power, one tree except. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 678 God and his Son except, Created thing naught vallu'd he nor shun'd. View more context for this quotation B. prep. 1. In Middle English, in the construction A. 3, the participle, like its synonym out-taken, might precede the noun. When this collocation of a participle ceased to be idiomatic, except became a preposition, with the sense: Excepting, with the exception of, save, but.Owing to the rarity of instances in which an inflected pronoun takes the place of a noun, it is impossible to say definitely how soon the change in the grammatical character of the word took place, but it had probably begun before 16th cent. Cf. French excepté and hormis, which are now treated as prepositions. Possibly the word was something taken as the imperative of except v.; cf. excipe in the Eton Latin Syntax. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > subjected to a condition [preposition] > unless except1377 nobbuta1400 unless1531 'cept1851 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ix. 140 Alle shal deye..Excepte one~liche of eche kynde a couple [A. x. 169 out-taken Eihte soules and of vche beest A couple]. 14.. Customs of Malton in Surtees Misc. (1890) 58 In y^e feyldes and in y^e more..and in all othyr places, excepptt severall of y^e lorde. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 1026 Thai entryt In, befor thaim fand no ma Excep wemen. 1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre vi. f. lxxxiii^v No Capitaine will lye nere the enemie, except he y^t is desposed to faight the fielde. 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 26^v Olde wyues are, wont to saye that no nyghte in the yeare, except one passeth without lyghtnynge. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 91 France is reuolted from the English quite, Except some petty Townes. View more context for this quotation 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xix. 204 The rabble of mankind..know nothing of liberty except the name. 1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 18 Feb. 393/2 Everybody else in the room had fits, except the wardswoman. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 291 There where we go shall all be new to thee Except the love that thou hast won from me. †2. Leaving out of account; hence, in addition to, besides, as well as. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 27 Excepte fleshe, fishe and eldinge..this Ile hes a pasture..that may feid sum wethiris. 1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 95 Except the hours of sleep, we were rarely from each other. †3. Without. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Fv^v Neuer enter any parson in your booke..except the consent of the same person. C. conj. 1. Introducing a predicative clause expressing a fact that forms an exception to the statement made. Now only in full form except that (in which except looks like a prep. with sentence as object); in 16–17th centuries that was sometimes omitted. Cf. French excepté que. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclusiveness [conjunction] > except out-takea1325 save?c1335 out-takena1382 saving1395 saving?a1425 except that1569 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 260 Then there came..men of estate out of the good Townes of Flaundyrs, except out of Gaunt there came none. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iv. 6 King What store of parting teares were shed? Aum. Faith none for me, except the Northe ast winde..Awak[t] the sleeping rhewme, and so by chance Did grace our hollow pa[r]ting with a teare. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iii. 271 More of his souldiership I know not, except in that Country, he had the honour to be the Officer..to instruct for the doubling of files. View more context for this quotation 1894 N.E.D. at Except Mod. The cases are quite parallel, except that A. is a younger man than B. 2. Introducing a clause expressing a supposed case in which an exception will or may exist; = ‘unless’, ‘if not’. †a. in full form except that, except that if. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > on condition that [conjunction] > except, unless warne1340 savea1393 lessa1400 unless1473 except that if1513 except1526 excepta1616 'cept1851 1513 More in Harding's Chron. (1543) This is my minde..excepte that any of you my Lordes anye thinge perceaue to the contrarye [The reading is doubtful; Rastell's text ( More's Wks. 1557 I. 48) omits that]. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxii. 257 He shall leaue them entierly to us, excepte that if y^e Frenche kynges had theym by exchaunge for other landes. b. as simple conj. The use of subjunct. or indic. follows the same rules as with if conj. and n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > on condition that [conjunction] > except, unless warne1340 savea1393 lessa1400 unless1473 except that if1513 except1526 excepta1616 'cept1851 14.. Customs of Malton in Surtees Misc. (1890) 59 Exceppvd thay haffe prisoners for to delyver. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Ai^v Harde it is for any persone..to perceyue the..dryft of this treatise..except they rede before..the two first bokes. 1531 Act 23 Hen. VIII i. §4 Every such person..shall..abide in perpetuall prison.. Except onely such person.. do fynde two sufficiente suerties. 1641 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1826) (modernized text) II. 43 He..said he would not go off the bench except he were commanded. 1678 C. Hatton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 163 I desire not to meddle with y^e mother, except y^r Lo^ppe will take y^e boys. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 15 Except my memory fails me, these are all. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xix. 147 Nobody knows of the matter, except he has complained to my brother. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xcii. 137 In vain shalt thou..call The spirits..Except..thou too canst say My spirit is at peace with all. View more context for this quotation 1872 G. W. Dasent Three to One I. 219 She never offered any one advice, except it were asked of her. c. After except conj. the phrases it be, it were, etc., are often used instead of repeating the principal verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > on condition that [conjunction] > except, unless warne1340 savea1393 lessa1400 unless1473 except that if1513 except1526 excepta1616 'cept1851 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 43 Ne're throughout the yeere to Church thou go'st, Except it be to pray against thy foes. View more context for this quotation a1674 J. Milton (Webster 1864) Except it be because her method is so glib and easy. 1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 252 No drama..will be [written] except it be by the same hand. 3. a. Followed by an adverb, phrase, or clause expressing the particular manner, degree, time, place, means, purpose, attendant circumstance, etc., with regard to which the proposition is not applicable: Otherwise (or elsewhere, etc.) than.This construction may be regarded as an instance of the use of the preposition (see B. 1) with adverbial phrase as object, for which cf. expressions like ‘The cause was tried in London instead of at York.’ It may, however, have arisen from 2 by ellipsis: cf. similar use of unless. ΚΠ 1592 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) i. sig. I3^v The ordering (except in letters Defensorie) is wholly exempted the course in al others prescribed. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. i. 12 I would not change this hue, Except to steale your thoughts my gentle Queene. View more context for this quotation 1654 T. Fuller Triana iii He..affirms her disease mortal, except one herb procured for her, etc. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. v. 81 Nor do I know how to prevent the course of justice, except by paying the money myself. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague i. iii A lone castaway..Who hopes no resting~place except in heaven. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xi. 632 Society can have no hold on any class except through the medium of their interests. 1868 C. Clarke Relig. & Duty 70 The Apostle counted himself weak except as strengthened by the Spirit of God. 1877 F. Hall Eng. Adj. in -able 161 Rely, Except metaphorically, has not a personal reference. 1894 N.E.D. at Except Mod. The city was strongly fortified on all sides, except here. b. except for: exception being made for, were it not for, but for. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). exceptv. Brit. /ᵻkˈsɛpt/, /ɛkˈsɛpt/, U.S. /ᵻkˈsɛpt/, /ɛkˈsɛpt/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s excepte, 1500s Scottish excep, 1600s eccept, exept. Etymology: < French excepte-r, < Latin except- participial stem of excipĕre to take out, < ex- out + capĕre to take. Compare Provençal exceptar; the formally equivalent Latin exceptāre had only the sense ‘to catch, take up’. Anglo-Norman had exceper (Britton ii. xvi. §3, iv. iv. §1) apparently < Latin excipĕre. 1. a. transitive. To take or leave out (of any aggregate or collective whole); ‘to leave out and specify as left out’ (Johnson); to exclude (from an enumeration, the scope of a statement or enactment, a privilege, etc.); to leave out of account or consideration. Const. from, out of; also simply. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclude [verb (transitive)] > except to take outc1175 out-takec1390 outnima1400 excludec1400 outcepta1470 reserve1523 except1530 exempt1548 to put by1594 abate1598 exemea1600 bate1619 rescinda1687 to tell out1812 to tell out of ——1812 exception1845 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > deduction > deduct [verb (transitive)] > exclude (from a total) to take outc1175 omit1439 except1530 suppress1697 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 541/2 He is the best of al his kynne, I excepte none. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Cor. xv. C He is excepted, which put all thinges vnder him. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie ii. iv. 103 All meates indifferent..were it not that God by name excepted some. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 280 Within the [printed tho] Bond of Marriage, tell me Brutus, Is it excepted, I should know no Secrets That appertaine to you. View more context for this quotation a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 376 He hath given his law to all, [he] excepts no man..from salvation. 1680 R. Baxter Answer to Dr. Stillingfleet xii. 20 He that marrieth Persons may not except the Husbands Power of Government. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 516 Another clause in the bill was liable to great objections: All the Royal Family were excepted out of it. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 270 If you except corn and such other vegetables as are raised altogether by human industry. View more context for this quotation 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. iv. 98 I hope you do not except yourself? 1882 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. II. 196 He was excepted from the general pardon. b. In past participle excepted in the absol. const., and placed after the noun. Cf. except adj. 3. ΚΠ 1514 Earl of Worcester in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 234 He shall have ..as many [men] more..to serve his Grace ayenst any Prince leving noon reservid nor exceptid. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 72 His father the king excepted, there is none whose honor I more tender and loue. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 46 [The Ile] procreates nothing note-worthy, Salt excepted. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. vii. 18 The whole kingdom, a small corner excepted, was subjected to the Turkish yoke. 1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire v. 75 The Church excepted, no agent did so much to keep alive the memory of Roman institutions. 2. a. intransitive. To make objection; to object or take exception. Const. against (exceedingly common in 17th cent.), †at, to. Also in indirect passive. From the use of Latin excipere (adversus aliquem) in Roman Law; the etymological notion being that of limiting the right alleged in an opponent's declaration by setting up a countervailing right in the defendant which excepts his case (see exception n. 4). [ < the use of Latin excipere (adversus aliquem ) in Roman Law; the etymological notion being that of limiting the right alleged in an opponent's declaration by setting up a countervailing right in the defendant which excepts his case (see exception n. 4).] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (transitive)] strivea1400 objectc1443 repugna1513 controlc1525 to lay something in a person's light1530 pass1534 take1542 to think (it) much1548 challenge?1577 except1577 except1597 to formalize upon1597 formalize1599 scruple1627 demur1827 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus i. xxi, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 248 He excepteth against Eusebius and his adherents, as open enemyes. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 5 Sixtus..and Alphonsus..men not to be excepted against by them of Rome. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iii. 6 Mar. Sir Toby..your Cosin..takes great exceptions to your ill houres. To. Why let her except . View more context for this quotation 1620 F. Bacon Let. 19 Mar. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) III. 236 I may be allowed to except to the witnesses brought against me. 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. ii. 33 Parliament consented to all the Propositions; but the King excepted against one of them. 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 53 in Scepsis Scientifica He excepts at Gassendus's animadverting on Aristotle's manners. 1713 R. Steele in Guardian 20 Apr. 1/1 One..excepted to the Gentility of Sir William Hearty, because he wore a Frize Coat. 1747 E. M. da Costa in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 406 As for the regular Figure of the Belemnites being excepted against, I believe few Fossilists will argument that. 1852 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (ed. 2) II. 50 The criminals who excepted against Cato were generally condemned. 1885 Sir E. E. Kay in Law Times Rep. 52 84/2 They had got their affidavit, to the sufficiency of which they did not except. †b. transferred of a document. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 22 If the bill be foreign, a merchant draws two or three of the same..date, each of which excepts against the rest, that no more than one of them should be paid. †3. transitive. To offer or allege as an objection; to object. Const. with simple object or object clause, against, to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (transitive)] > offer or allege as an objection excepta1592 a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) v. sig. I2^v O Lawyer..Why thriue you by contentions? Why deuise you Clawses, and subtile reasons to except? 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 37 They have heard some talke; Such an one is a great rich Man; And another except to it; Yea, but he hath a great charge of Children. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xxxix. 95 Others excepted, that this exception was nothing worth. 1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Rochester (1692) 96 I desired him to..see what he could except to them. 1753 Trial J. Stewart 267 The learned gentleman..has been pleased to except against this part of the evidence; that [etc.]. †4. To object to; to take exception to; to protest against. Obsolete. rare except in Shakespeare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (intransitive)] opposec1380 repugna1382 object?a1425 to stick at ——1525 quarrel1570 except1597 formalize1597 demur1639 the mind > language > statement > objection > object [verb (transitive)] strivea1400 objectc1443 repugna1513 controlc1525 to lay something in a person's light1530 pass1534 take1542 to think (it) much1548 challenge?1577 except1577 except1597 to formalize upon1597 formalize1599 scruple1627 demur1827 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 72 There I throw my gage..And lay aside my high bloudes royaltie, Which Feare..makes thee to except . View more context for this quotation 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxlvii. sig. I3^v I desperate now approoue. Desire is death, which Phisick did except. †5. In lit. sense: To take out, extract, excerpt. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > extract > extract (from) [verb (transitive)] deflowera1387 abstracta1475 excerptc1536 excerp1570 extract1607 gut1715 except1721 clip1872 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials I. xli. 315 The judgments of which two last are excepted out of the rest and printed in the History of the Reformation. †6. To receive, accept. Obsolete. [A frequent sense of Latin excipere; but in some at least of the examples the word is a mistake for accept adj.] ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > receive [verb (transitive)] > accept onfangeOE fangOE to take with ——lOE takec1175 understandc1200 afangc1275 receivec1330 accepta1382 'lowa1382 except1393 to take up1570 to take a person up on (something)1807 to take up1810 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 178 To the pouer and to the riche His [the king's] lawes mighten stonden liche, He shall excepte no persone. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xvi. xxxix Her [fortune's] louring chere she may ryght sone chaunge, And you excepte and cal unto her grace. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxiiii. sig. Pi^v Her grace hath excepted my seruice. 1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Ii^v To except them (as they be) very lordes of the narowe sea. 1638 Knolles's Gen. Hist. Turkes (ed. 5) 149 Which their offer he gladly excepted [earlier accepted]. ?a1645 A. Stafford Just Apol. in Life Blessed Virgin (1860) p. xxxiv God so willing eccept my ejaculatory Prayrs. absolute.1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 862 Quhat will you do, I wald we wist: except or gif vs over. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.prep.conj.1377v.1393
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