exemptadj.n.

Brit.

/ᵻɡˈzɛm(p)t/,

/ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/, U.S.

/ɪɡˈzɛm(p)t/,

/ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/

Etymology: < French exempt = Provençal exempt, < Latin exemptus, past participle of eximĕre to take out, < ex- out + emĕre to take.

A. adj.

1. With distinctly participial sense: = exempted adj.

a. Taken away, removed from; abolished. Obsolete exc. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [adjective] > removed or taken away

exemptc1374

adempt?a1475

abstracted1555

adempted1567

removed1616

sublate1694

withdrawn1849

ablated1961

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. vii. 60 Þe soule..beynge in heuene reioiseþ þat it is exempt from alle erþely þinges.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Diiii They..be cleane quyte and exempte owte of the bondes and daunger of Goddes commaundemente.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 57 Men appropriated to God, men exempt out of the world.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 408 When exempt from Mortal Earth.

1874 J. G. Holland Mistress of Manse 125 Blessed Sleep! in which exempt From our tired Selves long hours we lie.

†b. = excepted adj. and prep.; also exempt case; cf. exempted adj. Obsolete.

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

1426 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 137 The cours suyng in alle is hole entent, And in no wise list not be exempte.

1679 J. Dryden & N. Lee Oedipus i. 15 Hear then this dreadful imprecation; hear it: 'Tis lay'd on all; not any one exempt.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. IV. 572 These are very rare and exempt cases.

1788 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VI. 281 With regard even to these exempt cases.

†c. Cut off, debarred, excluded. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail l. l. 562 In Wanhope weren they falle, and Exempt from graces Alle.

c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 3712 My teching eftir my dissese Sall' noȝt be had in contempt, Na all' oute of doyng all exempt.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 8 Whens may be suche a fayr..lady..so exempt & vnpurveyed of felawship.

1580 T. Lupton Siuqila 111 Judges that favour falshood shall be exempt from Gods presence.

1598 E. Ford Parismus viii. sig. H3^v Being exempt from the cleare light of the Sunne.

†d. Removed from (out of) allegiance, liability, or obligation to. Obsolete.The participle may have been referred variously to the English verbs exeme, exempt, or have been employed in direct imitation of the use of Latin exemptus.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [adjective] > removed from liability or obligation to

exemptc1380

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 351 Þei [priests] ben exempt fro Goddis lawe by privylegies þat þei han getun.

a1400 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 209 Alle thynge must obeye to Goddys look, Out of his myght is non exempt.

1482 Monk of Evesham 101 Y saw hym..exempte and delyueryd frome al peynys.

1513–14 Act 5 Hen. VIII c. 6 [They] haue been exempt and discharged from all offices and businesse.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 136 I wold have no offycer of cyte nor towne to be exempt from theyr authoryte.

1651 W. Davenant Gondibert i. iv. ii Lands exempt from Nature's law.

†2. Picked out, choice, select. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adjective] > selecting > selected

elect?a1400

pickedc1450

sorted1547

elected1549

select1565

selected1590

exempt?1611

delibated1656

singled1870

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads ix. 604 Of whose faire sexe, we come to offer seauen, The most exempt for excellence.

†3.

a. Not subject to a superior authority; independent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adjective]

unlamed1508

exempt1552

absolute1596

independent1612

untutored1641

undepending1649

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Exempt or privileged by the kinges charter, exemptus.

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. B8^v Is the lande diuided into shires, counties, precincts, and seuerall exempt liberties?

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 73 The Locri, surnamed Ozolæ, free states and exempt.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 133 The wife of the King of England is an exempt person from the King, and is capable of lands.

1738 Common Sense (1739) II. 113 The Tea-Table is a Place which seems to prescribe for an exempt Jurisdiction from Common Sense.

b. esp. of a monastery or other religious foundation. Obsolete exc. Historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [adjective] > relating to throne (see of bishop) > not subject to authority

exempta1464

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 204 William, arch bischop of Cauntirbury..gat..bulles fro þe court to have 1111d. of þe pound, both of exempt [cherchis] and not exempt.

1525 (title) The Boke of Comfort..Enprented in the Exempt Monastery of Tavestok in Denshyre.

1621 Abp. Abbot in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 165 The Churche of Westminster being an exempt and privileged place.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 13 An Abbot cannot without the Knowledge and Advice of his Convent, subject an Exempt Monastery to any Person.

1868 A. P. Stanley Hist. Mem. Westm. Abbey vi. 516 The Primate..preferred to avoid the question of the exempt jurisdiction of Westminster.

4. Freed from allegiance or liability to; not subject to the control or influence of.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [adjective] > liberated > freed from allegiance

exempt1667

exempted1726

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 318 To live exempt From Heav'ns high jurisdiction.

1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 June (1965) I. 370 There were Some people exempt from their [sc. enchantments'] power.

1850 W. E. Gladstone Remarks Royal Supremacy 28 There is no European country in which ecclesiastical societies are exempt from civic control.

1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 117 The old builders neither were infallible, nor are exempt from criticism.

5. Not liable to suffering, hardship, or inconvenience †of, from; not exposed or subject to:

a. danger, disease, or evil of any kind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or secure

sickerc897

safec1325

surec1330

safea1393

sover1396

traistya1400

exempta1420

undangeredc1460

surec1475

cocksurea1529

sound1535

jeopardless1549

dangerless?1555

secure1572

secure1576

defensible1581

unobnoxious?1609

unendangereda1658

rug1705

anchored1878

a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1116 This worldes power and riche abundaunce Of drede of perile never ben exempte.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos viii. (1890) 35 To kepe hir cyte and the cytezeyns vnhurt and exempt from oppressyons.

1616 B. Jonson Forrest iv. 7 in Wks. I To..liue exempt From all the nets that thou canst spread.

1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 199 Where they may be exempt from the frost.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 4. ⁋2 Exempt from the Passions with which others are tormented.

1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry ii. ii. 244 I did not see any one field exempt from this distemper.

1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxix. 388 Not they even whom Christ loves are exempt from their share of earthly trouble and anguish.

b. a charge, duty, payment, tax, etc.

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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [adjective]

freeOE

sheerc1275

shentc1400

immunec1460

exempt1471

illiablea1657

exempted1726

1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 108 Exempt from Claustrall observance.

1517 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. viii. 212 Those Surgeons which be exempt from Almaner offices, enquestes & wacches.

1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. v. 62 This sorte of menne is priuileged, and exempte from all maner of charges.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 432 These..lived exempt from all public concerns and duties.

1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 100/1 Men of a certain age are exempt from serving in the militia.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire ii. 71 A man because he is a noble or a priest was not exempt from paying certain taxes.

6. Unsullied, unaffected by; clear, free from (a defect, flaw, stain, weakness).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective]

cleanc897

fair?c1225

netc1330

cleanly1340

unspotted1382

blotless?a1400

unwemmeda1400

spotlessc1400

neat1494

unblotted1548

unstained1555

stainlessa1586

exempt1586

unsoiledc1592

undefiled1596

unsullied1598

dirtlessa1618

immaculatea1631

innocent1645

unsmeared1648

unsmutched1809

speckless1827

spandy-clean1838

unblackened1864

soilless1868

smudgeless1924

clinical1932

squeaky clean1975

1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. B5^v These..beeing vtterly exempte from anye waight or grauitye at all, are rightly termed..familiar letters.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads viii. 435 Hector..led to a place, pure and exempt from blood, The Trojan forces.

a1704 T. Brown Satyr against Woman in Wks. (1707) I. i. 85 Celia alone's exempt from all these Crimes.

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iii. iv. 118 From custom's evil taint exempt and pure.

1875 F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 6 Not exempt from the common failings of humanity.

B. n.

1. gen. An exempted person; esp. one relieved from performance of a duty, payment of a tax, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > person

exempt1777

1777 J. Jones Lett. 11 Aug. (1889) 1 The enlisting men for the bounty is now..impracticable..on account of the high bounty given by the militia exempts.

1846 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella (ed. 4) II. ii. iii. 315 The only legal exempts [from this military service] were the clergy, hidalgos, and paupers.

1860 R. W. Emerson Illusions in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 279 To point at one or another fine madman, as if there were any exempts.

1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) IV. xxvii. 518 Old men..who were exempts, except in case of immediate danger to the town.

2. Ecclesiastical. A person or religious establishment not subject to the jurisdiction of the bishop. Cf. A. 3b. Obsolete exc. Historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun] > see of > part outside bishop's jurisdiction > person or place in

exempt1532

1532 R. Bowyer in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. xvii. 134 Reformators of divers orders of religion..as well exempts as not exempts.

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. ii. i. 42 Though it [the archdeaconrie of S. Albons] be under the Bishop of London for visitations & synods, yet is it otherwise reputed as member of the see of Lincolne, and therefore worthily called an exempt.

1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. iv. xxi. 377 The Holidays..shall also be observed by all Regulars, even Exempts.

†3. In the French army:

a. An inferior cavalry officer who commanded in the absence of the captain and lieutenant, and was exempt from ordinary military duty. Obsolete exc. Historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > specific rank of cavalry officer

cornet1579

Rittmaster1587

exempt1670

rough-rider1740

veld-cornet1802

Rittmeister1827

cavalry officer1838

troop sergeant1853

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon ii. viii. 347 Mazure, and du Lion Exempts of her Guards.

1702 London Gaz. No. 3822/3 Our Men took an Exempt of the Life-Guard.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. xlix. 95 A file of musqueteers, commanded by an exempt [in Paris].

1753 Scots Mag. 15 64/1 Three exempts of the guards.

1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict.

†b. A French police officer. Obsolete exc. Historical.Originally, a sub-officer of the mounted police (maréchaussée) corresponding in rank and function to the ‘exempts’ of the cavalry.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > in specific country

quarterman1573

lascarine1598

peon1609

sbirro1670

exempt1678

kavass1819

ghaffir1831

Texas Ranger1846

carabiniere1847

zaptieh1869

Zarp1895

flic1899

kiap1923

Schupo1923

guard1925

provincial1936

Garda1943

Vopo1954

1678 tr. L. de Gaya Art of War i. 34 The Provost Mareschal..hath a Troop of Officers on Horseback, with a Lieutenant, Exempts, etc.

1772 Birmingham Counterf. I. 240 In the midst of this scene, an exempt of the police arrives.

1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. I. 155 He slipped through the exempts, quite unsuspected.

4. In the English army

†a. after French usage: A sub-officer of cavalry. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) An Exempt, a Life-Guard..free from Duty.

1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.

1739 Countess of Hartford in Countess of Hartford & Countess of Pomfret Corr. (1805) I. 90 An exempt in my lord's troop.

b. One of the four officers who in turn command the Yeomen of the Guard in the absence of their superior officers. Now more commonly exon n.¹

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > officer of other specific ranks

warden1297

constablec1300

sergeant of a band1548

gill-master1598

vinton1610

subcommander1612

exempt1700

exon1767

serrefiles1897

Queen A.T.1943

1700 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 711 Mr. Dormer is made exempt of the yeomen of the guards in the room of Mr. Uphill.

1718 Hist. Reg. 1717 Chronol. Reg. 5 One of the Exempts of his Majesty's Yeomen of the Guards.

1844 W. J. Thoms Bk. of Court (ed. 2) 370 The Exempt of the Yeomen of the Guard is a resident officer who sleeps at St. James's, as Commandant of the Yeomen on duty.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

exemptv.

Brit.

/ᵻɡˈzɛm(p)t/,

/ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/, U.S.

/ɪɡˈzɛm(p)t/,

/ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/

Forms: Past participle Middle English–1500s exempt.

Etymology: < French exempter, < exempt adjective: see exempt adj. and n.

†1.

a. transitive. To take out or away; to put far away, remove, cut off. Const. from, out of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away

ateec885

withbreidec890

animOE

overbearOE

to do awayOE

flitc1175

reavec1175

takec1175

to have away?a1300

to draw awayc1300

weve13..

to wend awaya1325

withdrawa1325

remuec1325

to carry away1363

to take away1372

waive1377

to long awaya1382

oftakec1390

to draw offa1398

to do froa1400

forflitc1420

amove?a1425

to carry out?a1425

surtrayc1440

surtretec1440

twistc1440

abstract1449

ostea1450

remove1459

ablatea1475

araisea1475

redd1479

dismove1480

diminish?1504

convey1530

alienate1534

retire1536

dimove1540

reversec1540

subtractc1540

submove1542

sublate1548

pare1549

to pull in1549

exempt1553

to shift off1567

retract?1570

renversec1586

aufer1587

to lay offa1593

rear1596

retrench1596

unhearse1596

exemea1600

remote1600

to set off1600

subduct1614

rob1627

extraneize1653

to bring off1656

to pull back1656

draft1742

extract1804

reef1901

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 39 Exempted from Sathan, to lyve for ever with Christe our Savioure.

1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Right Use Church ii, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 165 They..were exempted and banished (as it were) from the house of the Lord.

1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis iv. f. 9^v He hist: for nature now had cleane exempt All other speeche.

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. G^v Ile exempt them [flowers] all from my smell.

1595 R. Johnson Seauen Champions (1608) ii. v. 4 The Emperours onely daughter..exempted herselfe from all company.

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 4/1 The payne will totallye be exemptede, and abolishede.

1635 Tom a Lincolne in W. J. Thoms Early Eng. Prose Romances (1858) II. 267 Being once exempted from my sight.

†b. To single out, select. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > choose in specific way [verb (transitive)] > select from a number or for a purpose

markOE

to choose out1297

out-trya1325

cullc1330

welec1330

try1340

walea1350

coil1399

drawa1400

to mark outa1450

electa1513

sorta1535

prick1536

exempta1538

select1567

sort1597

to gather out1611

single1629

delibate1660

to cut out1667

outlooka1687

draught1714

draft1724

to tell off1727

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 93 For theyr vertue they schold be..from the commyn pepul as hyt were exemptyd.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. i. f. 22 She exempted out of the sorte and order of common women, was chosen.

1648 J. Milton To H. Lawes in H. Lawes Choice Psalmes sig. a^v Thy worth and skill exempts thee from the throng.

†2. To take away or omit (from a category or enumeration); to except. Const. from, out of; rarely with double object. Also in the past participle following a noun in the nominative absolute; = except adj. 3b; and in the present participle used absolutely as quasi-prep.; = excepting prep. 1. Obsolete.

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

1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Hvi Praying to Christ at the masse, hys supper or els where, heaven exempted.

1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste 5 A small matter is it in niene hundred or a thousande yeeres to exempte twentie or thirtie.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 129 S. John..doth not exempt himselfe out of the same number.

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.

a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1604) Pref. 38 (Their errour exempted [1593 excepted]) they seemed otherwise right good men.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing vii. 63 While all complain of our Ignorance and Error, every one exempts himself.

1731 Fog's Weekly Jrnl. 25 Dec. 1/2 Invited..by all Ranks..not exempting even a Branch of the Royal Family.

†3. To debar, exclude from the enjoyment of or participation in something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)]

forwarnc893

warnc893

forbidOE

forhightc1315

defendc1325

forfend1382

dischargec1450

prohibit?a1475

bidc1475

withsay1484

fenda1500

abara1504

prohibit1526

debara1529

forbodec1540

exempt1553

forspeak1565

disbar1567

forsay1579

enjoin1589

abjudicate1602

countermanda1616

forjudge1675

restrict1766

oppose1814

fen1823

embargo1824

nix1903

ixnay1937

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 101 b They..exempted brybers frome bearynge rule in the commune weale.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 670 Them selues [the Thebans] onely exempted from treatie of peace.

1667 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) i. xxxv. 78 Cogitation is..exempted or prescinded from all Extension.

1689 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 311 The Convention..exempt the Duke of Hanover from the succession to the Crown.

4. To grant to (a person, etc.) immunity or freedom from a liability to which others are subject:

a. from (the payment of) a fine, tax, etc. Also const. of, simply, and absol.

ΚΠ

1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 393 Euery citezen and Burgeys w^toutforth shal pay at euery taske, vigille, lones..except certeyn persones that..be exemted.

1496–7 Act 12 Hen. VII c. 13 § 1 Tounes and places..exempted or discharged of payment to suche xv^mes.

1573 T. Cooper Thesaurus (new ed.) Eximere de vectigalibus, to exempt from paying tribute.

1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins 279 Valentinian..exempted them [Mariners] from all Taxes.

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xv. 149 When did..his bailiff exempt from the rent?

1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 163 Other towns were exempted..from..customs dues.

b. from (the control of) laws, (obedience to) an authority.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > be exempt from (a liability or obligation) [verb (transitive)] > exempt (one) from liability

spare1398

exempt1401

privilegea1475

depardon1501

dispense1627

frank1876

1401 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 28 Why have ye exempt you from our kings lawes.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 541/2 Many abbayes be exempted from their bysshoppe.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 102 King Kenulphus..had power to discharge and exempt this Abbot from the Iurisdiction of the Bishop.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. liv. 160 Those high churchmen..were desirous of exempting the mitre from all subjection to the crown.

1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) ii. 33 The religious emotions are exempted from this general law.

c. from pain, penalty, suffering, or inconvenience; also, from a defect, weakness, etc.

ΚΠ

1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. j She [sc. Fortune] hath exempte the fro the anguysshes that I suffre.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 195 Y^e cursednesse of old Adam, from which we are exempted by Christ.

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. ix. 330 Our Saviour's own Disciples were not exempted from the common Error.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 8 The Course of Exempting Men from Prosecution, by Dissolving of Parliaments.

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 218 A Delay from which we are exempted by our new Method.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 443 Clergy who committed felony were no longer exempted from the penalties of their crimes.

d. from a burden, duty, or obligation, a burdensome state or condition.

ΚΠ

1479 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 414 King Edwarde the thirdde..by his honourable chartres exemptid the saide maires, to..feche their saide charges at the castell Yate.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxiii. 16) Kings and Tyrants..being exempted from the comon lot, seeme to themselves to be out of danger of gunshot.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 587 The religious were not exempted, but fought among the other soldiers.

c1665 L. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1973) 16 Living constantly in the country, he could not be exempted from administ'ring justice among them.

a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 126 The Beast..has the privilege to be exempted from all other burdens ever after.

1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 28 Aug. (1837) II. 79 The quarantine, from which nobody is exempted [1965 ed.: exempt].

1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. 345 The Copts..are exempted from military service.

1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation Introd. 38 A conscription..pressing with its utmost severity on certain classes of the population, and exempting others.

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单词	exempt
释义	exemptadj.n. Brit. /ᵻɡˈzɛm(p)t/, /ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzɛm(p)t/, /ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/ Etymology: < French exempt = Provençal exempt, < Latin exemptus, past participle of eximĕre to take out, < ex- out + emĕre to take. A. adj. 1. With distinctly participial sense: = exempted adj. a. Taken away, removed from; abolished. Obsolete exc. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [adjective] > removed or taken away exemptc1374 adempt?a1475 abstracted1555 adempted1567 removed1616 sublate1694 withdrawn1849 ablated1961 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. vii. 60 Þe soule..beynge in heuene reioiseþ þat it is exempt from alle erþely þinges. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Diiii They..be cleane quyte and exempte owte of the bondes and daunger of Goddes commaundemente. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 57 Men appropriated to God, men exempt out of the world. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 408 When exempt from Mortal Earth. 1874 J. G. Holland Mistress of Manse 125 Blessed Sleep! in which exempt From our tired Selves long hours we lie. †b. = excepted adj. and prep.; also exempt case; cf. exempted adj. Obsolete. 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 1426 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 137 The cours suyng in alle is hole entent, And in no wise list not be exempte. 1679 J. Dryden & N. Lee Oedipus i. 15 Hear then this dreadful imprecation; hear it: 'Tis lay'd on all; not any one exempt. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. IV. 572 These are very rare and exempt cases. 1788 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) VI. 281 With regard even to these exempt cases. †c. Cut off, debarred, excluded. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail l. l. 562 In Wanhope weren they falle, and Exempt from graces Alle. c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 3712 My teching eftir my dissese Sall' noȝt be had in contempt, Na all' oute of doyng all exempt. c1500 Melusine (1895) 8 Whens may be suche a fayr..lady..so exempt & vnpurveyed of felawship. 1580 T. Lupton Siuqila 111 Judges that favour falshood shall be exempt from Gods presence. 1598 E. Ford Parismus viii. sig. H3^v Being exempt from the cleare light of the Sunne. †d. Removed from (out of) allegiance, liability, or obligation to. Obsolete.The participle may have been referred variously to the English verbs exeme, exempt, or have been employed in direct imitation of the use of Latin exemptus. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [adjective] > removed from liability or obligation to exemptc1380 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 351 Þei [priests] ben exempt fro Goddis lawe by privylegies þat þei han getun. a1400 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 209 Alle thynge must obeye to Goddys look, Out of his myght is non exempt. 1482 Monk of Evesham 101 Y saw hym..exempte and delyueryd frome al peynys. 1513–14 Act 5 Hen. VIII c. 6 [They] haue been exempt and discharged from all offices and businesse. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 136 I wold have no offycer of cyte nor towne to be exempt from theyr authoryte. 1651 W. Davenant Gondibert i. iv. ii Lands exempt from Nature's law. †2. Picked out, choice, select. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adjective] > selecting > selected elect?a1400 pickedc1450 sorted1547 elected1549 select1565 selected1590 exempt?1611 delibated1656 singled1870 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads ix. 604 Of whose faire sexe, we come to offer seauen, The most exempt for excellence. †3. a. Not subject to a superior authority; independent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adjective] unlamed1508 exempt1552 absolute1596 independent1612 untutored1641 undepending1649 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Exempt or privileged by the kinges charter, exemptus. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. B8^v Is the lande diuided into shires, counties, precincts, and seuerall exempt liberties? 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 73 The Locri, surnamed Ozolæ, free states and exempt. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 133 The wife of the King of England is an exempt person from the King, and is capable of lands. 1738 Common Sense (1739) II. 113 The Tea-Table is a Place which seems to prescribe for an exempt Jurisdiction from Common Sense. b. esp. of a monastery or other religious foundation. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [adjective] > relating to throne (see of bishop) > not subject to authority exempta1464 a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 204 William, arch bischop of Cauntirbury..gat..bulles fro þe court to have 1111d. of þe pound, both of exempt [cherchis] and not exempt. 1525 (title) The Boke of Comfort..Enprented in the Exempt Monastery of Tavestok in Denshyre. 1621 Abp. Abbot in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 165 The Churche of Westminster being an exempt and privileged place. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 13 An Abbot cannot without the Knowledge and Advice of his Convent, subject an Exempt Monastery to any Person. 1868 A. P. Stanley Hist. Mem. Westm. Abbey vi. 516 The Primate..preferred to avoid the question of the exempt jurisdiction of Westminster. 4. Freed from allegiance or liability to; not subject to the control or influence of. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [adjective] > liberated > freed from allegiance exempt1667 exempted1726 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 318 To live exempt From Heav'ns high jurisdiction. View more context for this quotation 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 June (1965) I. 370 There were Some people exempt from their [sc. enchantments'] power. 1850 W. E. Gladstone Remarks Royal Supremacy 28 There is no European country in which ecclesiastical societies are exempt from civic control. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 117 The old builders neither were infallible, nor are exempt from criticism. 5. Not liable to suffering, hardship, or inconvenience †of, from; not exposed or subject to: a. danger, disease, or evil of any kind. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or secure sickerc897 safec1325 surec1330 safea1393 sover1396 traistya1400 exempta1420 undangeredc1460 surec1475 cocksurea1529 sound1535 jeopardless1549 dangerless?1555 secure1572 secure1576 defensible1581 unobnoxious?1609 unendangereda1658 rug1705 anchored1878 a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1116 This worldes power and riche abundaunce Of drede of perile never ben exempte. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos viii. (1890) 35 To kepe hir cyte and the cytezeyns vnhurt and exempt from oppressyons. 1616 B. Jonson Forrest iv. 7 in Wks. I To..liue exempt From all the nets that thou canst spread. 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 199 Where they may be exempt from the frost. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 4. ⁋2 Exempt from the Passions with which others are tormented. 1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry ii. ii. 244 I did not see any one field exempt from this distemper. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxix. 388 Not they even whom Christ loves are exempt from their share of earthly trouble and anguish. b. a charge, duty, payment, tax, etc. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [adjective] freeOE sheerc1275 shentc1400 immunec1460 exempt1471 illiablea1657 exempted1726 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 108 Exempt from Claustrall observance. 1517 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. viii. 212 Those Surgeons which be exempt from Almaner offices, enquestes & wacches. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. v. 62 This sorte of menne is priuileged, and exempte from all maner of charges. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 432 These..lived exempt from all public concerns and duties. 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 100/1 Men of a certain age are exempt from serving in the militia. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire ii. 71 A man because he is a noble or a priest was not exempt from paying certain taxes. 6. Unsullied, unaffected by; clear, free from (a defect, flaw, stain, weakness). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] cleanc897 fair?c1225 netc1330 cleanly1340 unspotted1382 blotless?a1400 unwemmeda1400 spotlessc1400 neat1494 unblotted1548 unstained1555 stainlessa1586 exempt1586 unsoiledc1592 undefiled1596 unsullied1598 dirtlessa1618 immaculatea1631 innocent1645 unsmeared1648 unsmutched1809 speckless1827 spandy-clean1838 unblackened1864 soilless1868 smudgeless1924 clinical1932 squeaky clean1975 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. B5^v These..beeing vtterly exempte from anye waight or grauitye at all, are rightly termed..familiar letters. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads viii. 435 Hector..led to a place, pure and exempt from blood, The Trojan forces. a1704 T. Brown Satyr against Woman in Wks. (1707) I. i. 85 Celia alone's exempt from all these Crimes. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iii. iv. 118 From custom's evil taint exempt and pure. 1875 F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 6 Not exempt from the common failings of humanity. B. n. 1. gen. An exempted person; esp. one relieved from performance of a duty, payment of a tax, etc. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > person exempt1777 1777 J. Jones Lett. 11 Aug. (1889) 1 The enlisting men for the bounty is now..impracticable..on account of the high bounty given by the militia exempts. 1846 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella (ed. 4) II. ii. iii. 315 The only legal exempts [from this military service] were the clergy, hidalgos, and paupers. 1860 R. W. Emerson Illusions in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 279 To point at one or another fine madman, as if there were any exempts. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) IV. xxvii. 518 Old men..who were exempts, except in case of immediate danger to the town. 2. Ecclesiastical. A person or religious establishment not subject to the jurisdiction of the bishop. Cf. A. 3b. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > [noun] > see of > part outside bishop's jurisdiction > person or place in exempt1532 1532 R. Bowyer in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. xvii. 134 Reformators of divers orders of religion..as well exempts as not exempts. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. ii. i. 42 Though it [the archdeaconrie of S. Albons] be under the Bishop of London for visitations & synods, yet is it otherwise reputed as member of the see of Lincolne, and therefore worthily called an exempt. 1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. iv. xxi. 377 The Holidays..shall also be observed by all Regulars, even Exempts. †3. In the French army: a. An inferior cavalry officer who commanded in the absence of the captain and lieutenant, and was exempt from ordinary military duty. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > specific rank of cavalry officer cornet1579 Rittmaster1587 exempt1670 rough-rider1740 veld-cornet1802 Rittmeister1827 cavalry officer1838 troop sergeant1853 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon ii. viii. 347 Mazure, and du Lion Exempts of her Guards. 1702 London Gaz. No. 3822/3 Our Men took an Exempt of the Life-Guard. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. xlix. 95 A file of musqueteers, commanded by an exempt [in Paris]. 1753 Scots Mag. 15 64/1 Three exempts of the guards. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. †b. A French police officer. Obsolete exc. Historical.Originally, a sub-officer of the mounted police (maréchaussée) corresponding in rank and function to the ‘exempts’ of the cavalry. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman > in specific country quarterman1573 lascarine1598 peon1609 sbirro1670 exempt1678 kavass1819 ghaffir1831 Texas Ranger1846 carabiniere1847 zaptieh1869 Zarp1895 flic1899 kiap1923 Schupo1923 guard1925 provincial1936 Garda1943 Vopo1954 1678 tr. L. de Gaya Art of War i. 34 The Provost Mareschal..hath a Troop of Officers on Horseback, with a Lieutenant, Exempts, etc. 1772 Birmingham Counterf. I. 240 In the midst of this scene, an exempt of the police arrives. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. I. 155 He slipped through the exempts, quite unsuspected. 4. In the English army †a. after French usage: A sub-officer of cavalry. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) An Exempt, a Life-Guard..free from Duty. 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1739 Countess of Hartford in Countess of Hartford & Countess of Pomfret Corr. (1805) I. 90 An exempt in my lord's troop. b. One of the four officers who in turn command the Yeomen of the Guard in the absence of their superior officers. Now more commonly exon n.¹ ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > officer of other specific ranks warden1297 constablec1300 sergeant of a band1548 gill-master1598 vinton1610 subcommander1612 exempt1700 exon1767 serrefiles1897 Queen A.T.1943 1700 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 711 Mr. Dormer is made exempt of the yeomen of the guards in the room of Mr. Uphill. 1718 Hist. Reg. 1717 Chronol. Reg. 5 One of the Exempts of his Majesty's Yeomen of the Guards. 1844 W. J. Thoms Bk. of Court (ed. 2) 370 The Exempt of the Yeomen of the Guard is a resident officer who sleeps at St. James's, as Commandant of the Yeomen on duty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). exemptv. Brit. /ᵻɡˈzɛm(p)t/, /ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzɛm(p)t/, /ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/ Forms: Past participle Middle English–1500s exempt. Etymology: < French exempter, < exempt adjective: see exempt adj. and n. †1. a. transitive. To take out or away; to put far away, remove, cut off. Const. from, out of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away ateec885 withbreidec890 animOE overbearOE to do awayOE flitc1175 reavec1175 takec1175 to have away?a1300 to draw awayc1300 weve13.. to wend awaya1325 withdrawa1325 remuec1325 to carry away1363 to take away1372 waive1377 to long awaya1382 oftakec1390 to draw offa1398 to do froa1400 forflitc1420 amove?a1425 to carry out?a1425 surtrayc1440 surtretec1440 twistc1440 abstract1449 ostea1450 remove1459 ablatea1475 araisea1475 redd1479 dismove1480 diminish?1504 convey1530 alienate1534 retire1536 dimove1540 reversec1540 subtractc1540 submove1542 sublate1548 pare1549 to pull in1549 exempt1553 to shift off1567 retract?1570 renversec1586 aufer1587 to lay offa1593 rear1596 retrench1596 unhearse1596 exemea1600 remote1600 to set off1600 subduct1614 rob1627 extraneize1653 to bring off1656 to pull back1656 draft1742 extract1804 reef1901 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 39 Exempted from Sathan, to lyve for ever with Christe our Savioure. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Right Use Church ii, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 165 They..were exempted and banished (as it were) from the house of the Lord. 1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis iv. f. 9^v He hist: for nature now had cleane exempt All other speeche. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. G^v Ile exempt them [flowers] all from my smell. 1595 R. Johnson Seauen Champions (1608) ii. v. 4 The Emperours onely daughter..exempted herselfe from all company. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 4/1 The payne will totallye be exemptede, and abolishede. 1635 Tom a Lincolne in W. J. Thoms Early Eng. Prose Romances (1858) II. 267 Being once exempted from my sight. †b. To single out, select. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > choose in specific way [verb (transitive)] > select from a number or for a purpose markOE to choose out1297 out-trya1325 cullc1330 welec1330 try1340 walea1350 coil1399 drawa1400 to mark outa1450 electa1513 sorta1535 prick1536 exempta1538 select1567 sort1597 to gather out1611 single1629 delibate1660 to cut out1667 outlooka1687 draught1714 draft1724 to tell off1727 a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 93 For theyr vertue they schold be..from the commyn pepul as hyt were exemptyd. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. i. f. 22 She exempted out of the sorte and order of common women, was chosen. 1648 J. Milton To H. Lawes in H. Lawes Choice Psalmes sig. a^v Thy worth and skill exempts thee from the throng. †2. To take away or omit (from a category or enumeration); to except. Const. from, out of; rarely with double object. Also in the past participle following a noun in the nominative absolute; = except adj. 3b; and in the present participle used absolutely as quasi-prep.; = excepting prep. 1. Obsolete. 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 1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Hvi Praying to Christ at the masse, hys supper or els where, heaven exempted. 1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste 5 A small matter is it in niene hundred or a thousande yeeres to exempte twentie or thirtie. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 129 S. John..doth not exempt himselfe out of the same number. 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. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1604) Pref. 38 (Their errour exempted [1593 excepted]) they seemed otherwise right good men. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing vii. 63 While all complain of our Ignorance and Error, every one exempts himself. 1731 Fog's Weekly Jrnl. 25 Dec. 1/2 Invited..by all Ranks..not exempting even a Branch of the Royal Family. †3. To debar, exclude from the enjoyment of or participation in something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)] forwarnc893 warnc893 forbidOE forhightc1315 defendc1325 forfend1382 dischargec1450 prohibit?a1475 bidc1475 withsay1484 fenda1500 abara1504 prohibit1526 debara1529 forbodec1540 exempt1553 forspeak1565 disbar1567 forsay1579 enjoin1589 abjudicate1602 countermanda1616 forjudge1675 restrict1766 oppose1814 fen1823 embargo1824 nix1903 ixnay1937 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 101 b They..exempted brybers frome bearynge rule in the commune weale. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 670 Them selues [the Thebans] onely exempted from treatie of peace. 1667 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) i. xxxv. 78 Cogitation is..exempted or prescinded from all Extension. 1689 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) II. 311 The Convention..exempt the Duke of Hanover from the succession to the Crown. 4. To grant to (a person, etc.) immunity or freedom from a liability to which others are subject: a. from (the payment of) a fine, tax, etc. Also const. of, simply, and absol. ΚΠ 1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 393 Euery citezen and Burgeys w^toutforth shal pay at euery taske, vigille, lones..except certeyn persones that..be exemted. 1496–7 Act 12 Hen. VII c. 13 § 1 Tounes and places..exempted or discharged of payment to suche xv^mes. 1573 T. Cooper Thesaurus (new ed.) Eximere de vectigalibus, to exempt from paying tribute. 1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins 279 Valentinian..exempted them [Mariners] from all Taxes. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xv. 149 When did..his bailiff exempt from the rent? 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 163 Other towns were exempted..from..customs dues. b. from (the control of) laws, (obedience to) an authority. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > be exempt from (a liability or obligation) [verb (transitive)] > exempt (one) from liability spare1398 exempt1401 privilegea1475 depardon1501 dispense1627 frank1876 1401 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 28 Why have ye exempt you from our kings lawes. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 541/2 Many abbayes be exempted from their bysshoppe. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 102 King Kenulphus..had power to discharge and exempt this Abbot from the Iurisdiction of the Bishop. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. III. liv. 160 Those high churchmen..were desirous of exempting the mitre from all subjection to the crown. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) ii. 33 The religious emotions are exempted from this general law. c. from pain, penalty, suffering, or inconvenience; also, from a defect, weakness, etc. ΚΠ 1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. j She [sc. Fortune] hath exempte the fro the anguysshes that I suffre. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 195 Y^e cursednesse of old Adam, from which we are exempted by Christ. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. ix. 330 Our Saviour's own Disciples were not exempted from the common Error. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 8 The Course of Exempting Men from Prosecution, by Dissolving of Parliaments. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 218 A Delay from which we are exempted by our new Method. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 443 Clergy who committed felony were no longer exempted from the penalties of their crimes. d. from a burden, duty, or obligation, a burdensome state or condition. ΚΠ 1479 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 414 King Edwarde the thirdde..by his honourable chartres exemptid the saide maires, to..feche their saide charges at the castell Yate. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxiii. 16) Kings and Tyrants..being exempted from the comon lot, seeme to themselves to be out of danger of gunshot. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 587 The religious were not exempted, but fought among the other soldiers. c1665 L. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1973) 16 Living constantly in the country, he could not be exempted from administ'ring justice among them. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 126 The Beast..has the privilege to be exempted from all other burdens ever after. 1718 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 28 Aug. (1837) II. 79 The quarantine, from which nobody is exempted [1965 ed.: exempt]. 1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. 345 The Copts..are exempted from military service. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation Introd. 38 A conscription..pressing with its utmost severity on certain classes of the population, and exempting others. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.c1374v.1401
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