con·clude   (kən-klōōd')    v.   con·clud·ed, con·clud·ing, con·cludes v.   tr. To bring to an end; close: concluded the rally with the national anthem. See Synonyms at complete. To bring about (a final agreement or settlement): conclude a peace treaty. To reach a decision or form an opinion about. See Synonyms at decide. To arrive at (a logical conclusion or end) by the process of reasoning; infer on the basis of convincing evidence: The jury concluded that the defendant was innocent. Obsolete To confine; enclose. v.   intr. To come to an end; close. To come to a decision or agreement. [Middle English concluden, from Latin conclūdere : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + claudere, to close.] con·clud'er n.

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.]

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.

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