1. Same as Eccentric, Eccentrical.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center. Gray.
EXCENTRICITY
Ex`cen*tric"i*ty
Defn: . (Math.) Same as Eccentricity.
EXCEPT
Ex*cept", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excepted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excepting.]
Etym: [L. exceptus, p. p. of excipere to take or draw out, to except;
ex out + capere to take: cf. F. excepter. See Capable.]
1. To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit. Who never touched The excepted tree. Milton. Wherein (if we only except the unfitness of the judge) all other things concurred. Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. To object to; to protest against. [Obs.] Shak.
EXCEPT
Ex*cept", v. i.
Defn: To take exception; to object; — usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony. Except thou wilt except against my love. Shak.