Conclude

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To shut up; to Inclose.

II. Conclude ·vi To form a final judgment; to reach a decision.

III. Conclude ·vt To bring to an end; to Close; to Finish.

IV. Conclude ·vt To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to Judge; to Decide.

V. Conclude ·vt To bring about as a result; to Effect; to Make; as, to conclude a bargain.

VI. Conclude ·vt To Include; to Comprehend; to shut up together; to Embrace.

VII. Conclude ·vi To come to a termination; to make an end; to Close; to End; to Terminate.

VIII. Conclude ·vt 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.

IX. Conclude ·vt 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.