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EXCEPT

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prevent from being included or considered or accepted

Example:

Leave off the top piece

Synonyms:

except; exclude; leave off; leave out; omit; take out

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "except" is one way to...):

do away with; eliminate; extinguish; get rid of (terminate, end, or take out)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "except"):

elide (leave or strike out)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

exception (a deliberate act of omission)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take exception to

Example:

he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday

Synonyms:

demur; except

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "except" is one way to...):

object (express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

exception (grounds for adverse criticism)

Credits

 Context examples: 

So they all lay upon the ground except the Scarecrow, and he stood up and stretched out his arms.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

I couldn't speak then, for I felt my tongue was tied; but I was as sane then, except in that way, as I am now.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

For a week she never left the cave, except for water, and then her movements were slow and painful.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“There will be no passing vessels, except other sealing-schooners,” Wolf Larsen made answer.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

There was nothing the matter with them except that they were dead tired.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

But the peace and rest of the old Sunday morning were on everything, except me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Witness: I was so disturbed and excited as I rushed out into the open, that I could think of nothing except of my father.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But Poole was positive nothing had come except by post; “and only circulars by that,” he added.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The man was dark-eyed and smooth-shaven all except his mustache, which was so iced up as to hide his mouth.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

As far as I have had opportunity of judging, it appears to me that the usual style of letter-writing among women is faultless, except in three particulars.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)