excelsitude 
excelsitudet (ok-sel'si-tiid), . [< L. as if 'ex- 
,T/M',M</, < rjrr/xii.v, high: si'c HMMMT.] Hlgfc- 
ness. Bailey, 1727. 
excelsityt (ok-sel'si-ti), n, [< L. cxri-lxil'i(t-)*. 
loftiness, < rxcrlxu*. high, lofty: MCMMilfer.J 
Altitude; haughtiness. Bailey, \~~2i . 
excentral (ek-sen'tral), . l< 1.. <-x, out. + - 
,/( center, + -..] In '>/., out of the center, 
excentric, excentrically, etc. See eccentric, 
Excentrostomata (ek-sen-tro-sto'ma-ta), n. pi. 
[NL., prop. *Ecceiitrontomiiia, < Gr. tf, , out, 
+ Ktvrpov, a point, center, + <rro/m, mouth.] 
De Blaiuville r s name for a group of irregular 
or exocvclic sea-urchins; heart-urchins, as the 
spatangoids : so called from the eccentric po- 
sit inn of the mouth. 
except (ek-sepf), r. [< ME. cxcepten, < OF. ex- 
eepter, F. excepter = Pr. exceptar - Sp. exceptar 
(obs. ), I'ti-i-ptiKir = Pg. exceptuar = It. eceettare, 
mrttiian: < l-i. iwptare, take out, ML. except, 
freq. of I'j-fipi-n; pp. wcptux, take out, except, 
make an exception of, take exception to, < ex, 
out, + caperc, take: nee capable. Cf. accept. j 
I /cans. To take or leave out of consideration ; 
exclude from a statement or category, as one or 
more of a number, or some particular or detail ; 
omit or withhold : as, to except a few from a 
general condemnation. 
When he saith all things are put under him, It is mani- 
fest that he la excepted which did put all things under hlnj. 
He was excepted by name out of the acts against the Pa- 
pists. Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 208. 
Errors excepted, errors and omissions excepted, 
formulas used in rendering an account, or in making u 
tabulated numerical statement of any kind, commonly 
placed at the close in the abbreviated forms h. t., b. ana 
(>. h\, to invite scrutiny, or to guard against a suspicion 
of Intentional niisstatement. 
II in trims. To object; take exception : now 
usually followed by to, but formerly sometimes 
by against: as, to except to a witness or to his 
testimony. 
They have heard some talk, " Such a one is a great rich 
man, " and another except to it, " Yea, but he hath a great 
charge of children." 
The Athenians might fairly except agaiiut the practice 
of Democritus, to be buried up in honey. 
Sir T. Browne, Urn-burial, ill. 
I shall make use only of such reasons and authorities 
as religion cannot except ayaiiut. 
Hilton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
But anything that Is new will IK> excepted to by minds 
of a certain order. F. Halt, Mod. Eng., p. 334. 
except (ek-sepf), prep, and conj. [< ME. except 
(= Sp. Pg. excepto = It. eccetto), prop, used ab- 
solutely as in L., < L. exeeptux, pp., taken out, 
excepted, used absolutely in the ablative ; e. g., 
in the first example except Christ would be m 
L. excepto Christo. As in other instances (e. g., 
during, notwithstanding), the participle came to 
be regarded as a prep, governing the following 
noun. Cf. excepting.] I. prep. Being excepted 
or left out; with the exception of; excepting: 
usually equivalent to but, but more emphatic. 
It were aseynes kynde . . . 
That any creature shnlde knnne al excente Cryste one [i. e., 
alone). P Plowman (B), xv. 53. 
Richard cjcei'i'i. those whom we fight against 
Had rather have us win, than him they follow. 
Shak., Rich. III., v. 3. 
I could see nothing except the sky. Sw(tt. 
II. conj. Excepting; if it be not that; unless. 
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain 
that bull, I it. 1's- i-x.v.ii. 1. 
Cow. You know not wherefore I have brought you hith- 
er? 
Cel. Not well, except von told me. 
B. Joiuon, \ olpone, iii. 4. 
Fertility of a country is not enough, except art and In- 
dustry be joined unto It. 
Burlnn. Anal, of Mel., To the Reader, p. 57. 
Parted without the least regret, 
En-i-pt that they had ever met 
Coirper, Fairing Time Anticipated. 
No desire can be satlslied except through the exercise of 
a faculty. " Spencer, Social Statics, p. 92. 
exceptant (ek-ii-p'tant), ". and H. [< except + 
-ant.] I. it. Making or implying exception. 
Lord Eldan. [Kin..| 
II. H. One who excepts or takes an excep- 
tion, as to a ruling of a court. 
excepter (ek-sep'ter), i. One who excepts. 
excepting (ek-wp'ting), />'/> and (/. [Ppr. 
nf i'.ri'i'pt, r. Cf. barring-, during, etc.] I. pn'l'- 
Making exception of ; excluding; except. 
Thy deeds, thy plainness, and thy housekeeping 
Hath won the greatest fa%onr of the commons, 
ttieetptiiuj none but good Uukc Humphrey. 
-'t., -2 Hen. VI., i. 1. 
2053 
Our watch to-nlgbt, excepting your worship's presence, 
have ta'en a couple of as arrant knaves as ny to Messina. 
Shak., Much Ado, ill. 5. 
II. conj. Unless; except. 
Kxcfplimi iii barbarous times, no such atrocious out- 
rages could he committed. 
exception (ek-sep'shon), n. [= F. exception = 
Sp. exccpcion = Pg. excepq&o = It. ecceztone, < 
L. exceptio(n-), < excipere, pp. exceptus, take out, 
except : see except, v.] 1 . The act of excepting 
or leaving out of count ; exclusion, or the act 
of excluding from some number designated, or 
from a statement or description: as, all voted 
for the measure with the exception of five. 
He doth deny his prisoners ; 
But with proviso, aud -jg*^ ly , , :! 
Do 't for you ! by this air, I will do any thing, without 
exception, be it a good, bad, or Indifferent thing. 
Beau, and Ft., King aud No King, ill. 3. 
2. That which is excepted, excluded, or sepa- 
rated from others in a general statement or de- 
scription; the person or thing specified as dis- 
tinct or not included: as, almost every general 
rule has its exceptions. 
Nay, soft; this operation hath another exception annexed 
thereto then you have yet heard : For ... If the divisor 
e onfivne 2 digits or mo . . . this rule will not serve nor 
hold to thai ; iSmt? T. Hill, Arithmetic (1600). 
I know no manner of speaking so offensive as that of 
giving praise and closing it with an gjg**^ . ^ 
Such rare exception*, shining in the dark, 
Prove, rather than Impeach, the just remark. 
Cowper, Tirocinium, 1. 841. 
The exception, do not destroy the authority of the rule. 
Macaulay, West. Reviewers Def. of Mill. 
3. An objection ; that which is or may be of- 
fered in opposition to a rale, proposition, state- 
ment, or allegation : with to, sometimes with 
against. 
exceptive 
exceptionable (ek-Hcp'slmn-ii-i>l), a. [^excep- 
tion + -able.] Liable to exception or objection ; 
that may be objected to ; objectionable. 
This passage I look upon to be the most exceplianatU 
in the whole poem. Addiwn, Spectator, No. 279. 
That may be defensible, nay laudable, In one character, 
that would be in the highest degree exceptionable In an- 
other. Stale, Spectator, No. !90. 
The German visitors even drink the exceptionable beer 
Which is sold in the ,,,,,lell cottag.-s i.n the little hlll.K'k 
at the end of the gardens. llouxUt, Venetian Life, xvil. 
exceptionableness (ek-sep'shon-a-bl-ues), H. 
The quality of being exceptionable. 
exceptionally (ck-sep'shon-a-bli), adr. In a 
manner that may bo excepted to; objection- 
ubl v 
exceptional (ek-sep'shon-al), a. [= F. excep- 
tionnel = It. eccesionale; as exception + -al.] 
Relating to or forming an exception ; contrary 
to the rule; out of the regular or ordinary 
course. 
Tom's was a nature which had a sort of superstitious 
remignancc to everything exceptional. 
Ueorye Eliot, Mill on the Floss, v. 5. 
The mastery of Shakespeare is shown perhaps more 
strikingly in Ills treatment of the ordinary than of the ex- 
ceptional. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 138. 
The mode of migration [by seal which was natural, and 
even necessary, In the seventeenth century was altogether 
exceptional In the lifth. 
E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 102. 
= 8yn. Irregular, unusual, uncommon, unnatural, pecu- 
liar, anomalous. 
exceptionality (ek-sep-sho-nal'i-ti), . [< ex- 
ceptional + -ity.] The quality of being excep- 
tional, or of constituting an exception. 
I will answer what exceptiont he can have auaitut our 
account. Re>M '- 
4. Objection with dislike ; offense ; slight an- 
ger or resentment : with at or against, but more 
commonlywith to.andgenerallyusedwith take: 
as, to take exception at a severe remark ; to take 
exception to what was said. 
Thou hast taken against me a most just exception. 
slink.. Othello, iv. 2. 
What will you say now, 
If he deny to come, and take exceptiotu 
At some half-syllable, or sound delivered 
With an ill accent, or some style left out? 
Fletcher, Bonduca, II. 2. 
5. In law: (a) In conveyancing, a clause in a 
deed taking out something from that which ap- 
pears to be granted by the preceding part of 
the deed, by which means it is severed from the 
estate granted, and does not pass. (6) The 
thing or part of the premises thus withheld, (c) 
In equity practice, an allegation, required to be 
in writing, pointing out the particular matter 
in an adversary's pleading which is objected to 
as insufficient or improper, (d) In common- 
law practice, the specific statement, required 
to be in writing or noted on the record, of an 
objection taken by a party to a ruling or deci- 
sion by the court or a referee, the object being 
to show to the higher court to which the mat- 
ter may be appealed that the ruling was ad- 
hered to and carried into effect against explicit 
objection, or to inform the adverse party of the 
precise point of the objection, or both. See 
Dill of exceptions, below. In the Roman law excep- 
tio was a plea similar to our confession and avoidance. 
Thus, such a plea would be a claim to offset a debt. In 
a narrower sense, however, it was restricted to the plea 
that an action competent in law should be excluded on 
the ground of equity. Such a plea was hld to be danger- 
ous because, the facts alleged by way of exception being 
once disproved, the claim of the plaintilt was held to l>e 
I exception prtnive la regie), wmcii is cei luniij wi ICKI 
gin. The words "in cases not excepted " (Latin in carious 
non exceptis) are, however, commonly added ; and the max- 
im Is taken to mean that an express exception implies that 
the general rule is the opposite of the case mentioned. 
As exception corroliorates the application of law in cases 
not excepted, so enumeration invalidates it In cases not 
enumerated. 
Bacon, De Augmentis (ed. Speddlng), VIII. III. 
If it be well weighed, that certificate makes against 
them; for as exceptio firmat leyeni in caxilnut non excep- 
d' MI' the excepting of that shire by itself doth fortify 
that the rest of the shires were included in the very point 
of difference. Bacon, Jurisdiction of the Marches. 
Bill Of exceptions, in common law practice, the docu- 
ment drawn up by the party misuccc-sful at the trial for 
authentication b> thctiial judge-, to show to an appellate 
court all the rulings i iplained of as error, and the ex 
ceptlons thereto taken on the trial. The exception 
proves the rule. See def. 5(ct). To note an excep- 
tion. See Muff. 
Artistic feeling is ... of so rare occurrence that its ex- 
ceptivHlity . . . prove. rule^ ^^ ^ ^ 
exceptionally (ek-sep'shon-al-i), adr. In an 
exceptional or unusual manner; in or to an un- 
usual degree ; especially: as, he was exception- 
ally favored. 
Neither should we doubt our Intuitions as to necessary 
truth To do so is not to be exceptionally intellectual, bu 
'oolish. 
The country behind It Is cxceptiutiaUij fertile, aud is 
covered over with thriving farms. 
Frottde, Sketches, p. 86. 
exceptionalness (ek-sep'shon-al-nes), H. Ex- 
ceptional character or quality. 
It is not the meritoriousness but the exceptiunalnen of 
the achievement which makes the few willing to attempt 
j t Spectator, No. 8035, p. 1142. 
exceptional; (ek-sep'shon-a-ri), a. [< excep- 
tion + -ory.J Indicating or noting an excep- 
tion. [Rare.] 
After mentioning the general privation of the "bloomy 
flush of life," the exceptionary "all but" includes, as part 
of that bloomy flush, an aged decrepit matron 
Scott, Essays, p. 283 (Ord MS.). 
exceptionert (ek-sep'shon-er), . One who 
takes exception or objects ; an objector. 
Tims much (Readers) In favour of the softer spirited 
Christian ; for other exceptionert there was no thought 
taken. Milton, On Def. of Humb. Remonst., Pref. 
exceptionless (ek-sep'shon-les), a. [< exception 
+ -less.'] Without exception ; incapable of be- 
ing excepted to. Bancroft. 
exceptions! (ek-sep'shus), a. [< eicepti-on + 
-OK.S.] Disposed to take exception or make ob- 
jection ; inclined to object or cavil ; captious. 
Tom So did you mark the dulness of her parting i 
Alon. What dnlness? thou art so exception* still ! 
Middle ton and lioirley, Changeling, 11. 1. 
Go dine with your Earl, sir; he may be exceplioiu: we 
are your friends and will not take it ill to be left. 
Wycherley, Country W ife, L 
He has indeed one good Quality, he is not Exceptiout ; 
for he so passionately affects the reputation of under- 
standing raillery that he will construe an Affront into a 
j e ,t. Cungrere, Way of the W orld, I. 2. 
It Is his ancestor, the original pensioner, that has laid 
up this inexhaustible fund of merit, which makes his 
(irace so very delicate aud exception' about the merit of 
all other grantees of the crown. Burke, To a Noble Lord. 
exceptiOUSnesst (ek-sep'shus-nes), n. Thechar- 
acter of being exceptions. Barroir. 
exceptive (ek-sep'tiv), a. [= OP. exceptif = 
Sp. Pg. exceptivo; as except, v., + -ire.] 1. 
Making or constituting an exception. 
A dispensation, improperly so called. Is rather a parti, u 
lar and exceptive law ; absolving and disobliging from a 
more general command for some just and reasonable cause. 
Milton, Divorce, v. (Ord MS.). 
I do not think we shall err In conceiving of the charac- 
ter . if Buddha as embracing that rare combination of qual- 
ities which lends t" certain '" >/'" personalities a strange 
power over all who come within the range of their intln- 
Zngg r'ltith* nf Ilif tt'ni-M, p. 42. 
