exceptive

[ Eng.except; -ive.] 1. Including or indicating an exception. " Exceptive propositions will make complex syllogisms: as, None but physicians came to the consultation; The nurse is no physician, Therefore the nurse came not to the consultation."- Watts : Logic , pt. iii., ch. ii. 2. Making or forming an exception; exceptional: as, an exceptive law. *ex-çěpt-le , *ex-çěpt-le e, a. [English except; -le .] Making or admitting of no exception; extending to all; general, universal.