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except

ex·cept

UK/ɪkˈsɛpt/ US/ɛkˈsɛpt/ very common informal

verb

1.

take exception to

  • “he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday”
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2.

prevent from being included or considered or accepted

  • “The bad results were excluded from the report”
  • “Leave off the top piece”
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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.

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