Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to except
Participle: excepted
Gerund: excepting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | except |
| you | except |
| he;she;it | excepts |
| we | except |
| you | except |
| they | except |
Perfect
| I | have excepted |
| you | have excepted |
| he;she;it | has excepted |
| we | have excepted |
| you | have excepted |
| they | have excepted |
Past
| I | excepted |
| you | excepted |
| he;she;it | excepted |
| we | excepted |
| you | excepted |
| they | excepted |
Pluperfect
| I | had excepted |
| you | had excepted |
| he;she;it | had excepted |
| we | had excepted |
| you | had excepted |
| they | had excepted |
Future
| I | will except |
| you | will except |
| he;she;it | will except |
| we | will except |
| you | will except |
| they | will except |
Future Perfect
| I | will have excepted |
| you | will have excepted |
| he;she;it | will have excepted |
| we | will have excepted |
| you | will have excepted |
| they | will have excepted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | except |
| you | except |
| he;she;it | except |
| we | except |
| you | except |
| they | except |
Perfect
| I | have excepted |
| you | have excepted |
| he;she;it | have excepted |
| we | have excepted |
| you | have excepted |
| they | have excepted |
Imperfect
| I | excepted |
| you | excepted |
| he;she;it | excepted |
| we | excepted |
| you | excepted |
| they | excepted |
Pluperfect
| I | had excepted |
| you | had excepted |
| he;she;it | had excepted |
| we | had excepted |
| you | had excepted |
| they | had excepted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would except |
| you | would except |
| he;she;it | would except |
| we | would except |
| you | would except |
| they | would except |
Perfect
| I | would have excepted |
| you | would have excepted |
| he;she;it | would have excepted |
| we | would have excepted |
| you | would have excepted |
| they | would have excepted |
Imperative
| you | except |
| we | Let's except |
| you | except |
Verbs conjugated like 'except'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'except'
excerpt,
accept,
excede,
exceed,
excel,
excern,
excerp,
excess,
excoct,
excyst,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1377, from L. exceptus, pp. of excipere "take out," from ex- "out" + capere "to take" (see capable). Adjectival function led to use as a preposition, conjunction. To take exception is from excipere being used in Roman law as a modern attorney would say objection. Exceptional was formed 1846.
2. Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.
Verbs referencing "except"
Ido eceptar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] ’ experience talks of going to bed—became the order of the night. The perpetual tramp of boot-heels on the decks gave place to a heavy silence, and the whole human freight was stowed away below, excepting a very few stragglers, like myself, who were probably, like me, afraid to go there.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] area, lighted by windows in the four walls, are five tiers of cells, one above the other; each tier having before it a light iron gallery, attainable by stairs of the same construction and material: excepting the lower one, which is on the ground. Behind these, back to back with them and facing the opposite wall, are five corresponding rows of cells, accessible by similar means: so that supposing the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] all classes and all conditions. In the kind of provincial life which prevails in cities such as this, the Pulpit has great influence. The peculiar province of the Pulpit in New England (always excepting the Unitarian Ministry ) would appear to be the denouncement of all innocent and rational amusements. The church, the chapel, and the lecture-room, are the only means of excitement excepted; [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] excepting the Unitarian Ministry ) would appear to be the denouncement of all innocent and rational amusements. The church, the chapel, and the lecture-room, are the only means of excitement excepted; and to the church, the chapel, and the lecture-room, the ladies resort in crowds.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] imitating every sound that hit her fancy,—seemed inexhaustible. In her play-hours, she invariably had every child in the establishment at her heels, open-mouthed with admiration and wonder,—not excepting Miss Eva, who appeared to be fascinated by her wild diablerie, as a dove is sometimes charmed by a glittering serpent. Miss Ophelia was uneasy that Eva should fancy Topsy's society so much, and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)