conclude

Con*clude" , 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.
Dryden.

And, to conclude,
The victory fell on us.
Shak.

2. To form a final judgment; to reach a decision.

Can we conclude upon Luther's instability?
Bp. Atterbury.

Conclude and be agreed.
Shak.

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.