Definition of except

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Except (prep.) With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting.

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Think :: Think (v. t.) To employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties.
Saving :: Saving (participle) With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to..
Landwehr :: Landwehr (n.) That part of the army, in Germany and Austria, which has completed the usual military service and is exempt from duty in time of peace, except that it is called out occasionally for drill..
Lag :: Lag (a.) Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag end..
Copyhold :: Copyhold (n.) A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court..
Wady :: Wady (n.) A ravine through which a brook flows; the channel of a water course, which is dry except in the rainy season..
Com- :: Com- () A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m, p, and sometimes f, and by assimilation becomes col- before l, cor- before r, and con- before any consonant except b, h, l, m, p, r, and w. Before a vowel com- becomes co-; also before h, w, and sometimes before other consonants..
Bar :: Bar (n.) To except; to exclude by exception.
Reserve :: Reserve (n.) That which is excepted; exception.
Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted..
Snack :: Snack (v. t.) A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share..
Exempt :: Exempt (a.) Extraordinary; exceptional.
Singular :: Singular (a.) Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments..
Foresight :: Foresight (n.) Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction..
Linear :: Linear (a.) Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf..
Exceptious :: Exceptious (a.) Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious..
Saving :: Saving (n.) Exception; reservation.
Wich :: Wich (n.) A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick..
Theme :: Theme (n.) A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem..
Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London..
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