·conj Unless; if it be not so that.
II. Except ·vt To object to; to protest against.
III. Except ·prep With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting.
IV. Except ·vi To take exception; to Object;
— usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.
V. Except ·vt To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to Exclude; to Omit.