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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Conclude \Con*clude"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Concluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Concluding}.] [L. concludere, conclusum; con- + claudere to shut. See {Close}, verb (used with an object)]
1. To shut up; to inclose. [Obs.]
The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the grave. --Hooker.
2. To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace. [Obs.]
For God hath concluded all in unbelief. --Rom. xi. 32.
The Scripture hath concluded all under sin. --Gal. iii. 22.
3. To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed by a dependent clause.
No man can conclude God's love or hatred to any person by anything that befalls him. --Tillotson.
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith. --Rom. iii. 28.
4. To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.
But no frail man, however great or high, Can be concluded blest before he die. --Addison.
Is it concluded he shall be protector? --Shak.
5. To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
I will conclude this part with the speech of a counselor of state. --Bacon.
6. To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain. ''If we conclude a peace.'' --Shak.
7. To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument.
If therefore they will appeal to revelation for their creation they must be concluded by it. --Sir M. Hale.
Syn: To infer; decide; determine; settle; close; finish; terminate; end.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
concluding
adjective: occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave" [syn: {final}, {last}, {terminal}]
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