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To preach. [Obs.] Lithgow.

An haranguer of the people; a preacher.

Of or pertaining to preaching or public addresses. [Obs.] Howell.

Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking. The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood. B. Jonson. Where the author is . . . too brief and concise, amplify a little. I. Watts.

In a concise manner; briefly.

The quality of being concise.

A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction. South.

The act of stirring up, exciting, or agitating. [Obs.] "The concitation of humors." Sir T. Browne.

To excite or stir up. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

An outcry or shout of many together. [R.] Before his funeral conclamation. May (Lucan).

The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.

One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave.

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.

Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; 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…