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What is the verb for exception?

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except
  1. (transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
  2. (intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against).
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The savage eviction process enacted in 1839 was amended within a year to except those who had enjoyed quiet possession for at least twelve months.”
      “To reply to that, I must except to your Lordship's first proposition.”
excepting
excepts
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of except
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Article 1, paragraph 2, excepts from this definition actions by a State party which differentiate between citizens and non-citizens.”
      “Sound bites can be the seconds-long excepts that television news uses to reduce complex speeches or policies into an easily grasped concept.”
      “This beautiful Provencal mas can accomodate up to 14 people, with discounts for a reduced number of occupants, excepts during July and August.”
exceptest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of except
excepted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of except
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In my present state of hyper-activity, examination scripts excepted of course, I'm not sure I can wait that long.”
      “Present company excepted, I think it's just an excuse for the vain and shallow to fill their otherwise empty leisure time.”
      “A person who uses oil for excepted vehicles is entitled to a rebate of excise duty.”
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