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.]