Except, with the exception of; but, except for. Frequently with additional word for emphasis, as only, alone, etc. Also in save and except, †but save…

Leaving out of account; except as regards; besides in addition to; = except, adj. 2.

Chiefly Scottish in early use. Except, with the exception of; = save, prep. 2a. Also in †all saving but: excepting only (obsolete).

Separate or distinct from that or those already specified or implied; different; (hence) further… other than: besides, except, apart from. Cf. sense…

transitive. Scottish. In the infinitive with prepositional sense: except for, with the exception of; = save, prep. 2, saving, prep. 1a. Obsolete.

With the exception of, except.

Excepting, saving.

In imperative or participial construction: Excluding, excepting, except for, apart from.

intransitive. With from. To refrain from addressing or considering; to leave out of consideration, set aside. Originally and chiefly in abstracting…

save for: with the exception of, except for, but for. Cf. sense A. 2.

With the exception of.

The present participle used absol. = excepting, prep.

(= British ‘apart from’).

Used for: except for, apart from.

= excepting, prep.

That secludes.