Definition of: except

(ik·sept′) v.t.
To leave or take out; exclude; omit.
—v.i. To object; take exception: with to.
—prep. With the exception of; excluding; leaving out; save; but: Tell no one except me.
—conj. Archaic If not that; unless: except a man be born again. [<F excepter <L exceptare, freq. of excipere <ex- out + capere take]
—ex·cep′tor noun