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.
Who never touched
The excepted tree. Milton.
Wherein (if we only except the unfitness of the judge) all other things concurred. Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. To object to; to protest against. Shak.