verb
definition
To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
definition
To take exception, to object (to or against).
example
to except to a witness or his testimony
Examples of excepts in a Sentence
An act of 1812-1813 excepts from these enactments "persons denying as therein mentioned respecting the Holy Trinity," but otherwise the common and the statute law on the subject remain as stated.
If one excepts the Old Testament, which is a product of the extreme west of Asia, it is remarkable how small has been the influence of Asiatic literature on Europe.
See the 113th canon of 1604, which, however, excepts crimes "such as by the laws of this realm the priest's own life may be called into question for concealing the same."
He excepts, however, from toleration Roman Catholics and Fifth Monarchy men.