Except

v. t.	1.	To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit. [imp. & p. p. Excepted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excepting.] 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.
v. i.	1.	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.	1.	With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting. God and his Son except, Created thing naught valued he nor . . . shunned. - Milton.
conj.	1.	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.

Verb	1.	except - take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday" Synonyms: demur
	2.	except - prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece" Synonyms: exclude, leave out, omit, leave off, take out

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