excepting

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪkˈsɛptɪŋ/, /əkˈsɛptɪŋ/
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  • Hyphenation: ex‧cept‧ing

Verb

excepting

  1. present participle and gerund of except

Preposition

excepting

  1. with the exception of
    Synonyms: excepted, save for; see also Thesaurus:except
    Nothing was to be sacrosanct or sacred, excepting reason itself.
    • 1875, John Thomson, The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China, page 408:
      It is pleasant to see the Chinese domestics and ​their families; or native ladies dressed in silks, their glossy hair held in by a broad black velvet band with a spray of pearls in front, being propelled along the bund in their hand-carts; but they are not used among Europeans, excepting after dark.

Alternative forms
  • cept'n
  • 'cept'n

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