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▪ I. † outˈcept, v. Obs.
[out- 25.]
= except v. 1.
1470–85Malory Arthur x. lxxii, I oute cepte hym of al knyghtes. 1530Palsgr. 650/1 He is the strongest man that ever I sawe, I outcept none.
▪ II. † outˈcept, quasi-prep. and conj. Obs.
Also 6 -cepte, -sep, -sept.
[originally pa. pple. of prec.]
A. quasi-prep. = except prep. 1.
c1400Lanfranc's Cyrurg. 140 Alle þe membris out cept þe lacertis of þe brest. 1502Arnolde Chron. (1811) 230 Outcepte euer the goods marchaundises or dette. 1518Waterf. Arch. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 327 Noo lords..shall drynk no maner of man..outesept ther pleasures and willes. 1633B. Jonson Tale Tub. i. ii[i], Of any other countie I' the kingdome. Pan. Out-cept Kent, for there they landed All gentlemen.
B. quasi-conj. = except conj. 2.
1528Paynel Salerne's Regimen 2 D iij, Outcept thou trust in the figure. 1550–63Machyn Diary 249 The menyster wold nott, owtsept she wold com at vj in the mornyng. 1621B. Jonson Gipsies Metamorph. Wks. (Rtldg.) 624/1 Outcept I were with child with an owl, as they say, I never saw such luck. |