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Syn. -- Laconic; terse; brief; short; compendious; summary; succinct. See Laconic, and Terse.

Con*cise"ly, adv. In a concise manner; briefly.

Con*cise"ness, n. The quality of being concise.

Con*ci"sion (?), n. [L. concisio: cf. F. concision. See Concise.] A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction. South.

Con`ci*ta"tion (?), n. [L. concitatio. See Concite.] The act of stirring up, exciting, or agitating. [Obs.] "The concitation of humors." Sir T. Browne.

Con*cite" (?), v. t. [L. concitare; con- + citare. See Cite.] To excite or stir up. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Con`cla*ma"tion (?), n. [L. conclamatio.] An outcry or shout of many together. [R.]

Before his funeral conclamation. May (Lucan).

Con"clave (? or ?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. conclave a room that may locked up; con- + clavis key. See Clavicle.] 1. The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.

2. The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals.

It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal. South.

3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.

The verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's Club) on new books, were speedily known over all London. Macaulay.

To be in conclave, to be engaged in a secret meeting; -- said of several, or a considerable number of, persons.

Con"cla`vist (?), n. [Cf. F. conclaviste, It. conclavista.] One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave.

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 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.