Ex·cept v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excepted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excepting.]
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. [Obs.]