a. [ F. exempt, L. exemptus, p. p. of eximere to take out, remove, free; ex out + emere to buy, take. Cf. Exon, Redeem. ]
Corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
True nobility is exempt from fear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
T is laid on all, not any one exempt. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
v. t.
Death
So snatched will not exempt us from the pain
We are by doom to pay. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That may be exempted. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. exemptio a removing: cf. F. exemption exemption. ] The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege;
a. Separable. [ Obs. ] “Exemptitious from matter.” Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]