Ex*empt" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exempted;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Exempting.]
[F. exempter. See Exempt, a.] 1. To remove; to
set apart. [Obs.] Holland.
2. To release or
deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or
excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from
obligation; to release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from
jury service; to exempt from fear or
pain.
Death
So snatched will not exempt us from the pain
We are
by doom to pay.
Milton.
Ex*empt" , n.
1. One exempted or freed from duty; one not
subject.
2. One of four
officers of the Yeomen of the Royal
Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon. [Eng.]
Ex*empt" (?), a. [F. exempt, L. exemptus, p. p. of eximere to take out, remove, free; ex out + emere to buy, take.
Cf. Exon, Redeem.]
1. Cut off; set apart. [Obs.]
Corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry.
Shak.
2. Extraordinary; exceptional. [Obs.] Chapman.
3. Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of
some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods
exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service.
True nobility is exempt from fear.
Shak. T is
laid on all,
not any one
exempt.
Dryden.
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