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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.

Not inferring a conclusion or consequence; not conclusive. [Obs.]

Inconclusive. [Obs.] Locke. -- Un`con*clud"ing*ness, n. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures. Nor that it will ever constitute a wit to conclude a tart piece of buffoonery with a "What makes you blush" Spectator.

ion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace.

To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction. One frugal supper did our studies close. Dryden.

To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises. [Archaic.] Shak. Which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected. Locke. To collect one's self, to recover from surprise, embarrassment, or fear; to regain self-control.

Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete. This course of vanity almost complete. Prior.

is of divine authority. Locke. These kind of arguments . . . are highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. Sir M. Hale.

d made a covenant. 1 Sam. xviiii. 3. Let there be covenants drawn between us. Shak. If we conclude a peace, It shall be with such strict and severe covenants As little shall the Frenchmen gain thereby. Shak.

To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business. They have dispatched with Pompey. Shak.

An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse.

to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink. When earnestly they seek Such proof, conclude they then begin to fail. Milton.

, as a conclusion, from circumstances that suggest, or arguments that prove; to infer; to conclude. Let me say no moreGather the sequel by that went before. Shak.

To conclude; to end; to terminate. [Obs.] Come, let us go; we will include all jars With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity. Shak.

To generalize or conclude as an inference from all the particulars; -- the opposite of deduce.