conclude

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To end

   To end; to come to an end.

   • The story concluded with a moral.
   • He inveighed against the folly of making oneself liable for the debts of others; vented many bitter execrations against the brother; and concluded with wishing something could be done for the unfortunate family.
2. 2

   To bring to an end

   To bring to an end; to close; to finish.

   • I will conclude this part with the speech of a counsellor of state.
3. 3

   To bring about as a result

   To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.

   • to conclude a bargain
   • if we conclude a peace
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   1. 4

      To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.

      • From the evidence, I conclude that this man was murdered.
      • No man can certainly conclude God's love or hatred to any person by anything that befalls him.
   2. 5

      To make a final determination or judgment concerning

      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.
   3. 6

      To shut off

      To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar.

      • The defendant is concluded by his own plea.
      • A judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence.
      • If therefore they will appeal to revelation for their creation they must be concluded by it.
   4. 7

      To shut up

      To shut up; to enclose.

      • The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the grave.
   5. 8

      To include

      To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace; to confine.

      • For God hath concluded all in unbelief.
      • The Scripture hath concluded all under sin.
   6. 9

      to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)

The neighborhood

• antonymbeginantonym(s) of “to end”
• antonyminitiateantonym(s) of “to end”
• antonymstartantonym(s) of “to end”
• antonymcommenceantonym(s) of “to end”
• neighborconclusion
• neighborconclusive
• neighbordisclude
• neighborinclude
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• neighborpreclude