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accept; except, excepted; excepted; expect
accept (ahk SEPT) (verb)
1. To receive with consent, to agree to, to consent to, to acknowledge: James decided to accept Jill's invitation to the party.
2. To take what is offered, receive willingly: Sherry was happy to accept Rita's offering of a cool drink on such a hot day.
except, excepted (ik SEPT, ik SEPT'd) (verb)
To leave out, excluding, or showing exclusion: Jim's mother told him to put everything on the shelf into the box, but to except the vase from being put there.

The professor announced that no one in the class will be excepted from taking the test.

What Sally said about some people applies to men in general, present company excepted.

excepted (ik SEPT'd) (adjective)
Not included in a group nor in a collection: What Irene said about some businesses applies to companies in general; however, she felt that her company was excepted.

expect (ik SPEKT) (verb)
1. To look forward to, plan on, look for, anticipate: The skiers expect deep snow overnight.
2. To assume, to presume, to calculate, or to contemplate: Can Edith still expect to see Jerome here anytime soon?

What do you expect from us when everyone except you can accept the decision?

This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words Clarified: Group A; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. (page 2)
except (verb), excepts; excepted; excepting
1. To stop or to prevent someone from doing something or from being part of a group: "David, unless you are a member of the organization, you are excepted (excluded) from voting on any of the issues."
2. Taking or leaving out, omitting, excluding: "All of the children got balloons, except Billie, who received a kite."
3. Etymology: from Latin exceptus, excipere "to take out"; from ex-, "out" + capere. "to take".
This entry is located in the following unit: cap-, cip-, capt-, cept-, ceive, -ceipt, -ceit, -cipient (page 6)