conclude, concluden

t. & i. [Lat. con cludo to shut up together: con cum with, to gether; claudo to shut; Fr. conclure; Ital. con chiudere; Sp. & Port. concluir.] A. Transitive: I. Literally: 1. To shut up or in, to inclose. "The very person of Christ therefore, for ever and self-same, was only, touching bodily substance, the deditmen the grave Hooker: Eccles. Polity, bk. V § 52. 2. To end, to terminate, to finish, to close. "And schortly to concluden al his wo." II. Figuratively : Chaucer: C. T., 1,360. *1. To include, to comprehend; to embrace. "God hath concluded them all in unbelief, Romans , xi. 32. " , pit, sire, sir, marine; go, pot , cœ ë; ey = kw IMG:content-0482.png:[blocks in formation] ". Til lots on. "But no frail man, however great or high, Can be concluded blest before he die.' Add is on: Ovid. *9. To acknowledge as true or correct, to admit. "Reprove my allegation, if you can; Or else conclude my words effectual." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . II . , iii. 1. 10. Law: To prevent from. ( Wharton.) *B. Reflexive: To preclude, to shut out. C. Intransitive: IMG:content-0483.png:[blocks in formation] For the difference between to conclude and to close, see CLOSE; for that between to conclude upon and to decide , see DECIDE. [Lat. con-clu-děd, pa . par.or a. [CONCLUDE.] *con-clu-dence, *con-clû-den-çỹ, s . concludens, pr. par. of concludo .] A logical deduction, consequence, or inference; a conclusion. ( Hale .) *con-chu-dent, a . [Lat, concludens .] Involving or containing a logical deduction, consequence, or inference; conclusive. ( Bacon .) con-clû děr, s. [Eng. conclud(e); -er.] One who concludes, infers, or determines. cồn-clû'-dìng, pr. par., a. & s. [CONCLUDE.] A. As pr. par.: In senses corresponding to those of the verb. B. As adjective: 1. Closing, ending, final. *2. Conclusive. "We'll tell when 'tis enough, Or if it wants the nice concluding bout." C. As substantive: King. 1. The act of finishing, ending, or bringing to a close. 2. The act of arranging, determining on, or agreeing. 1033 *con-clû-si-ble, a. [Lat. conclusus , pa. par. of concludo to conclude.) Admitting of proof; deter minable; capable of being inferred or demon- strated. "'Tis as certainly conclusible from God's prescience, ."- Hammond . ". concoct close any question, argument, or difference; not 2. Decisive, final; determining or bringing to a admitting of controversy or dispute; unanswerable. has been clearly exhibited in the conclusive discu ion of the subject by Mr. Grote, in his History of Greece."-Lewis: Cred. Early Roman Hist . (ed. 1855), ch. ix., § 3, vol. i., p. 301. equally conclusive for us as con-clû'-sion, *con-clu-cioun, *con-clu- sioun, *con-clu-syon, 8. conclusione; Sp. conclusion , from Lat. conclusio , from conclusus , pa. par. of concludo .] [CONCLUDE.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The end, finish, close, termination, or last part. "A tale that in conclusion saith IMG:content-0484.png:[ocr errors] Gower , i. 23. her." -Shakesp.: Merry Wives , iii. 5. "The conclusion shall be crowned with your enjoying "Ways of peaceable conclusion there are but these two certain ."- Hooker . opinion. IMG:content-0485.png:[blocks in formation] 5. A resolution, determination, or resolve. *6. A problem, a question. "He wolde his wittes plie To sett some conclusion, which shulde be confusion Unto this knight." *7. An experiment. "That mother tries a mercile conclusion Gower, i. 146. Who having two sweet babes, when death takes one Will slay the other, and be nurse to none." e ay of anything. "To try conclusions, in the basket creep, And break your own neck down." *8. An attempt, an object. Shakesp.: Hamlet , iii. 3. "Yit schuld he fayle of his conclusioun." Chaucer: C. T., 6,011. *9. Silence, quiet, peace. "Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still conclusion , shall acquire no honor, Demuring upon m II. Technically : me." Shakesp.: Ant . & Cleop ., iv. 13. IMG:content-0486.png:[blocks in formation] (2) A binding act. ( Wharton .) Crabb thus discriminates between conclusion , decisive; an inference is partial and indecisive; a inference , and deduction : "A conclusion is full and conclusion leaves the mind in no doubt or hesitation; it puts a stop to all farthur [further) reason ing; inferences are special conclusions from par ticular circumstances; they serve as links in the chain of reasoning. Conclusions are drawn from real facts; inferences are drawn from the appearances of things; deductions only from arguments or a ertions. Conclusions are practical; inferences ratiocinative; deductions are final. We conclude from a person's conduct or declarations what he intends to do or leave undone; we infer from the appearance of the clouds, or the thickne of the atmosphere, that there will be a heavy fall of rain or snow; we deduce from a combination of facts, inferences, and a ertions that a story is fabricated." ( Crabb : Eng . Synon.) *con-clû'-şion-al, a. [Eng. conclusion ; -al .] concluding, final. "Such separations of initiatory dedications, as well as conclusional separations, are made with wine."- Hooper : On Lent , p. 278.