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accept:
receive
except:
exclude
The verb except has 2 senses
(first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) demur, except -- (take
exception to; "he demurred at
my suggestion to work on
Saturday")
2. (1) exclude, except, leave
out, leave off, omit, take out
-- (prevent from being
included or considered or
accepted; "The bad results
were excluded from the
report"; "Leave off the top
piece")
2 senses of except
Sense 1
demur, except -- (take
exception to; "he demurred at
my suggestion to work on
Saturday")
=> object -- (express or raise
an objection or protest or
criticism or express dissent;
"She never objected to the
amount of work her boss
charged her with"; "When asked
to drive the truck, she
objected that she did not have
a driver's license")
Sense 2
exclude, except, leave out,
leave off, omit, take out --
(prevent from being included
or considered or accepted;
"The bad results were excluded
from the report"; "Leave off
the top piece")
=> eliminate, get rid of, do
away with -- (terminate or
take out; "Let's eliminate the
course on Akkadian
hieroglyphics") |
