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      except
      verb
      (transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
      (intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against).
      Roots
      capio-cept · Latin · take, seize
      Synonyms for except
      excludevunlessadjbarringnbutadvbesidesadvomitvhoweveradvwithout
      Words related to except
      exceptiveadjexceptionnnonenotherwiseadvneitheradjeitheradvunlikeadjnorelseadvanywisevwhatsoeveradjwhereasonlyadvanyadjthoughadvnotadvalthoughexemptedvnonnamelyadvnothingnanywayadvevenadvanythingvnotwithstandingadvnopeanymoreadvnaryadjbecauseditton

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      Where does except come from?

      The word except breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root -cept, from Latin capio (“take, seize”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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