excepted
Sayik-SEPT-id/ɪkˈsɛptɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of except.
The new policy excepted part-time staff from the bonus.
Several rare books were excepted from the library loan program.
Note
One spelling serves both the simple past and the past participle, so the clause decides which it is: a policy excepted part-time staff is active, while staff were excepted is passive. The transitive meaning, to leave out, marks what is set apart with from. The intransitive meaning, to take exception, pairs with to or against instead, as in she excepted against the ruling.
excepted is a form of except
except, verb: To exclude something or someone; to specify a thing as not being covered by a statement or rule. Full entry
- Spelling
- except → excepted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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