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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.

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.

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.

Con*clude", v. i. 1. To come to a termination; to make an end; to close; to end; to terminate.

A train of lies, That, made in lust, conclude in perjuries. Dryden.

And, to conclude, The victory fell on us. Shak.

2. To form a final judgment; to reach a decision.

Can we conclude upon Luther's instability? Bp. Atterbury.

Conclude and be agreed. Shak.

Con*clud"en*cy (?), n. Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Con*clud"ent (?), a. [L. concludens, p. pr.] Bringing to a close; decisive; conclusive. [Obs.]

Arguments highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. Sir M. Hale.

Con*clud"er (?), n. One who concludes.

Con*clud"ing*ly, adv. Conclusively. [R.] Digby.

Con*clu"si*ble (?), a. Demonstrable; determinable. [Obs.] Hammond.

Con*clu"sion (?), n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See Conclude.] 1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. Prescott.

2. Final decision; determination; result.

And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. Shak.

3. Any inference or result of reasoning.

4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism.

He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion. Addison.

5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic]

Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still conclusion. Shak.

6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [Obs.]

We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. Bacon.

7. (Law) (a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace," etc. (b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position. Wharton.