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To end; to come to an end.intransitive
- The story concluded with a moral.
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To bring to an end; to close; to finish.transitive
- I will conclude this part with the speech of a counsellor of state.
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To bring about as a result; to effect; to make.transitive
- to conclude a bargain
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To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.transitive
- From the evidence, I conclude that this man was murdered.
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To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.obsolete
- But no frail man, however great or high, / Can be concluded blest before he die.
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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.
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To shut up; to enclose.obsolete
- The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the grave.
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To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace; to confine.obsolete
- For God hath concluded all in unbelief.
- The Scripture hath concluded all under sin.
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to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)
ant. begin · initiate · start · commence