The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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