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Synonyms for excepted

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ik-sept
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsɛpt

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Définition of excepted

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to receive," from Middle French excepter (12c.), from Latin exceptus, past participle of excipere "take out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + capere "to take" (see capable). Meaning "to leave out" is from 1510s. Related: Excepted; excepting. Adjectival function led to use as a preposition, conjunction (late 14c.).
  • verb leave out
Example sentences :
  • These excepted, the only survivors of this tragic scene were Capts.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • We have excepted in favour of Little John, because he is great John, and his name is a misnomer.
  • Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock
  • All the more prominent eminences were measured and ascended, the Kenia not excepted.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • Can it be that you alone are excepted as a signal instance of Divine neglect?
  • Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
  • I know more about it than anyone else in the world, its present owner not excepted.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
  • The Prince had the same Destiny, and was astonishd at an Order which ought to have excepted him.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Aphra Behn » by Aphra Behn
  • Delaware and Pennsylvania were excepted by special royal intervention.
  • Extract from : « The Fathers of New England » by Charles M. Andrews
  • But anything that is new will be excepted to by minds of a certain order.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • I should have excepted the self-enslaved slaves of ambition.
  • Extract from : « The Plum Tree » by David Graham Phillips
  • Why intimate that certain States should (or might) be excepted from its operation?
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 » by Various

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