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Having columns; as, columnated temples.

Having columns. Troas and Ilion's columned citadel. Tennyson.

The employment or arrangement of columns in a structure. Gwilt.

of them passes through the equinoctial points, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the other intersects the equator at the distance of 90º from the former, and is called the solstitial colure. Thrice the equinoctial line He circled; four times crossed the car of night From pole to pole, traversing each col…

Of or pertaining to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares) a city near Madrid; as, the Complutensian Bible.

left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.

To shut up; to inclose. [Obs.] The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the grave. Hooker.

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

Bringing to a close; decisive; conclusive. [Obs.] Arguments highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. Sir M. Hale.

One who concludes.

Conclusively. [R.] Digby.

Demonstrable; determinable. [Obs.] Hammond.

The last part of anything; close; termination; end. A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. Prescott.

cisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision. Secret reasons . . . equally conclusive for us as they were for them. Rogers. Conclusive evidence (Law), that of which, from its nature, the law allows no contradiction or explanation. -- Conclusive presumptio…

In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively. Burke.

The quality of being conclusive; decisiveness.

Conclusive. [R.]

A friction clutch with conical bearing surfaces.

The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.

by having the pustules, etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox. Dunglison.