eccepire

to object

verb eht-cheh-PEE-reh Rare

Origin: Latin 'excipere' (to take out, exclude).

Also means

to raise an exception

Usage Note

Eccepire is a formal legal and rhetorical verb meaning to raise a formal objection or legal exception. In court, a lawyer eccepisce the inadmissibility of evidence. Outside law it appears in formal debates. The noun is eccezione (exception/objection). It follows third-conjugation (-ire) patterns.

Examples

"L'avvocato ha eccepito l'inammissibilità della prova."

Natural Translation

The lawyer objected to the inadmissibility of the evidence.

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