Emily Dickinson Lexicon

except, conj. [Fr. < L. past participle except- < excipĕre, take out; introduces a subordinate clause or verb phrase.]

1. Unless; without.
2. Other than if; unless it be the case that.
3. Save; if it had not been that.
4. Leaving out; not including particulars.
5. Phrase. “Except to”: excluding; but for.
6. Phrase. “Except that”: unless; [possibly] because.
7. Phrase. “Except by”: unless; without.
8. Phrase. “Except that”: without considering that.