From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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 a whole
as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.
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Who never touched
The excepted tree. --Milton.
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Wherein (if we only except the unfitness of the
judge) all other things concurred. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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2. To object to; to protest against. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Excepting \Ex*cept"ing\, prep. & conj., but properly a
participle.
With rejection or exception of; excluding; except. "Excepting
your worship's presence." --Shak.
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No one was ever yet made utterly miserable, excepting
by himself. --Lubbock.
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