v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Concluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Concluding. ] [ L. concludere, conclusum; con- + claudere to shut. See Close, v. t. ] 1. To shut up; to inclose. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The very person of Christ [ was ] concluded within the grave. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For God hath concluded all in unbelief. Rom. xi. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Scripture hath concluded all under sin. Gal. iii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

No man can conclude God's love or hatred to any person by anything that befalls him. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith. Rom. iii. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide. [ 1913 Webster ]

But no frail man, however great or high,
Can be concluded blest before he die. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is it concluded he shall be protector? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To bring to an end; to close; to finish. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will conclude this part with the speech of a counselor of state. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain. “If we conclude a peace.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To come to a termination; to make an end; to close; to end; to terminate. [ 1913 Webster ]

A train of lies,
That, made in lust, conclude in perjuries. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

And, to conclude,
The victory fell on us. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To form a final judgment; to reach a decision. [ 1913 Webster ]

Can we conclude upon Luther's instability? Bp. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conclude and be agreed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. concludens, p. pr. ] Bringing to a close; decisive; conclusive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Arguments highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who concludes. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Conclusively. [ R. ] Digby. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Demonstrable; determinable. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. conclusio. See Conclude. ] 1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Final decision; determination; result. [ 1913 Webster ]

And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any inference or result of reasoning. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism. [ 1913 Webster ]

He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Drawing of inferences. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes
And still conclusion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Law) (a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, “against the peace, ” etc. (b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conclusion to the country (Law), the conclusion of a pleading by which a party “puts himself upon the country, ” i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. Mozley & W. --
In conclusion. (a) Finally. (b) In short. --
To try conclusions, to make a trial or an experiment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like the famous ape,
To try conclusions, in the basket creep. Shak.

Syn. -- Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. See Inference. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. conclusif. ] Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision. [ 1913 Webster ]

Secret reasons . . . equally conclusive for us as they were for them. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conclusive evidence (Law), that of which, from its nature, the law allows no contradiction or explanation. --
Conclusive presumption (Law), an inference which the law makes so peremptorily that it will not allow it to be overthrown by any contrary proof, however strong.

Syn. -- Final; ultimate; unanswerable. See Final. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]