Except — Ex*cept , prep. [Originally past participle, or verb in the imperative mode.] With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting. [1913 Webster] God and his Son except, Created thing naught valued he nor . . . shunned. Milton. Syn: {Except},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Except — Ex*cept , v. i. To take exception; to object; usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony. [1913 Webster] Except thou wilt except against my love. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Except — Ex*cept ([e^]k*s[e^]pt ), conj. Unless; if it be not so that. [1913 Webster] And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Gen. xxxii. 26. [1913 Webster] But yesterday you never opened lip, Except, indeed, to drink. Tennyson. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Except — Ex*cept , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excepted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excepting}.] [L. exceptus, p. p. of excipere to take or draw out, to except; ex out + capere to take: cf. F. excepter. See {Capable}.] 1. To take or leave out (anything) from a number or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
except — I. preposition also excepting Date: 14th century with the exclusion or exception of < daily except Sundays > II. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French excepter, from Latin exceptare, frequentative of excipere to take out, except, from … New Collegiate Dictionary
except for — preposition Date: 15th century 1. with the exception of < everyone was gone except for me > 2. were it not for < except for you I would be dead > … New Collegiate Dictionary
except for — or {formal}[but for] {prep.} 1. With the exception of; if (a certain person or thing) were left out; omitting. * /Except for John, the whole class passed the test./ 2. Without. * /I d have been lost but for you./ … Dictionary of American idioms
except for — or {formal}[but for] {prep.} 1. With the exception of; if (a certain person or thing) were left out; omitting. * /Except for John, the whole class passed the test./ 2. Without. * /I d have been lost but for you./ … Dictionary of American idioms
I before E except after C — I before e, except after c is a mnemonic device used to help many students remember how to spell certain words in the English language. It means that, in words where i and e fall together, the order is ie , except directly following c , when it… … Wikipedia
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey — Song infobox Name = Everybody s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey Artist = The Beatles Album = Released = 22 November 1968 track no = 4 of disc 2 Recorded = 27 June 1968 Genre = Rock and roll, hard rock Length = 2:24 Writer =… … Wikipedia
Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution — is a 1973 essay by the evolutionary biologist and Russian Orthodox Christian Theodosius Dobzhansky, criticising anti evolution creationism and espousing theistic evolution. The essay was first published in the American Biology Teacher, volume 35 … Wikipedia