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Concluding   /kənklˈudɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Conclude  v. t.  (past & past part. concluded; pres. part. concluding)  
1.
To shut up; to inclose. (Obs.) "The very person of Christ (was) concluded within the grave."
2.
To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace. (Obs.) "For God hath concluded all in unbelief." "The Scripture hath concluded all under sin."
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." "Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith."
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." "Is it concluded he shall be protector?"
5.
To bring to an end; to close; to finish. "I will conclude this part with the speech of a counselor of state."
6.
To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain. "If we conclude a peace."
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."
Synonyms: To infer; decide; determine; settle; close; finish; terminate; end.


Conclude  v. i.  
1.
To come to a termination; to make an end; to close; to end; to terminate. "A train of lies, That, made in lust, conclude in perjuries." "And, to conclude, The victory fell on us."
2.
To form a final judgment; to reach a decision. "Can we conclude upon Luther's instability?" "Conclude and be agreed."





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"Concluding" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the very month of his election, he appointed inspectors of prisons and four commissioners to administer justice, and that he himself gave audience on Tuesdays and settled disputes, concluding, "et justitiam ...
— The Life of Cesare Borgia • Raphael Sabatini
... In concluding the subject of the Aborigines, I may add that at present the natives of Port Essington have little to thank the white man for. The advantage of being provided with regular food and other comforts enjoyed by such as are in service are merely ...
— Narrative Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By The Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During The Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries And Surveys In New Guinea, The Louisiade • John MacGillivray
... near him. And he told me that he received my chiding letter and perceived that I suspected his reality in the business; but he was so hearty in it that I should see that he really meant as he spoke, concluding in these words, "You shall see it, and my practice shall reproach your diffidence" * * *. About a month after I went to him again, and he had done nothing, but was still hearty for the work. And to be short, I thus waited on ...
— Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. • Samuel Taylor Coleridge
... apportioning of duties at them, they made a distinction of talents and worth. In the ceremony of general pledging, the inferiors presented the cup to their superiors, and thus something was given to the lowest to do. At the (concluding) feast places were given according to the hair, and thus was marked the ...
— The Shih King • James Legge
... cool chalk Downs of the Hampshire border. But if one's first impression of new country cannot be too favourable we have done rightly in starting at Midhurst, even at the risk of a loss of enthusiasm in the concluding chapters. For although historically, socially, and architecturally north Sussex is as interesting as south Sussex, the crown of the county's scenery is the Downs, and its most fascinating districts are those which the Downs dominate. The farther we travel from the Downs and the sea the less unique ...
— Highways & Byways in Sussex • E.V. Lucas


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