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Webster 1913 Edition
Excepting
Ex-cept′ing
,p
, but properly a rep.
& conj.
participle
. With rejection or exception of; excluding; except.
“Excepting your worship’s presence.” Shak.
No one was ever yet made utterly miserable,
excepting
by himself. Lubbock.
Webster 1828 Edition
Excepting
EXCEPT'ING
,ppr.
1.
This word is also used in the sense of except, as above explained. The prisoners were all condemned, except in three. This is an anomalous use of the word, unless, in some cases, it may be referred to a pronoun. Excepted would be better: three excepted; three being excepted.