concluding
    adj 1: occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his
           concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final
           chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal
           leave" [syn: concluding, final, last, terminal]

Conclude \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.]
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            The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the
            grave.                                --Hooker.
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   2. To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to
      embrace. [Obs.]
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            For God hath concluded all in unbelief. --Rom. xi.
                                                  32.
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            The Scripture hath concluded all under sin. --Gal.
                                                  iii. 22.
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   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.
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            No man can conclude God's love or hatred to any
            person by anything that befalls him.  --Tillotson.
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            Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by
            faith.                                --Rom. iii.
                                                  28.
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   4. To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to
      judge; to decide.
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            But no frail man, however great or high,
            Can be concluded blest before he die. --Addison.
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            Is it concluded he shall be protector? --Shak.
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   5. To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
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            I will conclude this part with the speech of a
            counselor of state.                   --Bacon.
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   6. To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to
      conclude a bargain. "If we conclude a peace." --Shak.
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   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.
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            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.
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