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Conclude \Con*clude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Concluding.] [L. concludere, conclusum; con- + claudere to shut. See Close, v. t.]
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To shut up; to inclose. [Obs.]
The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the grave.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
I will conclude this part with the speech of a counselor of state.
--Bacon. To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain. ``If we conclude a peace.''
--Shak.-
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.
Wiktionary
1 (context obsolete English) conclusive; convincing; decisive. 2 Finishing; closing; final v
(present participle of conclude English)
WordNet
Wikipedia
Concluding is a novel by British writer Henry Green first published in 1948. It is set entirely on the expansive and idyllic premises of a state-run institution for girls somewhere in rural England and chronicles the events of one summer's day—a Wednesday, and "Founder's Day"—in the lives of the staff, the students, and several other people living on the grounds. During that day, two girls go missing.
Usage examples of "concluding".
Interfaces comparing the views of the different astrogation computers, all concluding that the HP ship was in hot pursuit of a pirate of some kind.
This answer served Charles as a sufficient reason for concluding a peace with Francis at Crepy, where no mention was made of England.
In some concluding remarks in the fifteenth chapter on the Droseraceae, the different kinds of irritability possessed by the several genera, and the different manner in which they capture insects, will be compared.
Before concluding the section of my Recollections connected with Fenianism, I must re-introduce John Breslin, the rescuer of James Stephens.
Williams in concluding that under the old Fijian dispensation there were few indeed that were saved.
Alfred Tylor soon after his paper on the growth of trees and protoplasmic continuity was read before the Linnean Society - that is to say, in December, 1884 - and I proposed to make the theory concerning the subdivision of organic life into animal and vegetable, which I have broached in my concluding chapter, the main feature of the book.
As it happens, twenty years later the importance of the phosphoproteins became clear - but by then no-one, not even I, would know or care what I had written in that hard-won concluding chapter.
I found her in her chaise lounge as usual with her champagne, and some champagne sherbert, concluding the marathon drinking bout that had begun at dinner.
The stenotypist was concluding, schemes-like this Tunipah deal-which will make huge profits for your company?
I will quote, in concluding this discussion, the opinion of an old Gurkha subadar who had seen much fighting.
The omission, probably on the last tag of the mission reel, seemed to sing out its absence far louder than the tritest concluding evaluation or recommendations.
Concluding his spirited call to action as the television cameras rolled closer, Reverend Ude pledged to send absolutely free, in return for donations for purchase of the land, a bottle of water from the Pee Dee, which he saw as one day taking its place beside the Galilee.
Manner of performing the experiments--Action of distilled water in comparison with the solutions--Carbonate of ammonia, absorbed by the roots--The vapour absorbed by the glands--Drops on the disc--Minute drops applied to separate glands--Leaves immersed in weak solutions--Minuteness of the doses which induce aggregation of the protoplasm--Nitrate of ammonia, analogous experiments with--Phosphate of ammonia, analogous experiments with--Other salts of ammonia--Summary and concluding remarks on the action of salts of ammonia.
I think it necessary to caution my readers against concluding that in this or any other conversation of Dr. Johnson, they have his serious and deliberate opinion on the subject of duelling.
In concluding this section of the present chapter it may be convenient to summarise, under the form of an illustration, the usual movements of the hypocotyls and epicotyls of seedlings, whilst breaking through the ground and immediately afterwards.