Part 2232

<h1>Conclusion</h1> <Xpage=296>

<hw>Con*clu"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>conclusio</ets>. See <er>Conclude</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The last part of anything; close; termination; end.</def>

<blockquote>A fluorish of trumpets announced the <b>conclusion</b> of the contest. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Final decision; determination; result.</def>

<blockquote>And the <b>conclusion</b> is, she shall be thine. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Any inference or result of reasoning.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See <er>Syllogism</er>.</def>

<blockquote>He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the <b>conclusion</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Drawing of inferences.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<blockquote>Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still <b>conclusion</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>We practice likewise all <b>conclusions</b> of grafting and inoculating. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

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

<i>Wharton.</i>

<cs><col>Conclusion to the country</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>the conclusion of a pleading by which a party "puts himself upon the country," <it>i.e.</it>, appeals to the verdict of a jury.</cd> <i>Mozley & W.</i> -- <col>In conclusion</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Finally.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>In short.</cd> -- <col>To try conclusions</col>, <cd>to make a trial or an experiment.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>Like the famous ape, <b>To try conclusions</b>, in the basket creep. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. See <er>Inference</er>.</syn>

<h1>Conclusive</h1> <Xpage=296>

<hw>Con*clu"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>conclusif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision.</def>

<blockquote>Secret reasons . . . equally <b>conclusive</b> for us as they were for them. <i>Rogers.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Conclusive evidence</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>that of which, from its nature, the law allows no contradiction or explanation.</cd> -- <col>Conclusive presumption</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>an inference which the law makes so peremptorily that it will not allow it to be overthrown by any contrary proof, however strong.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Final; ultimate; unanswerable. See <er>Final</er>.</syn>

<h1>Conclusively</h1> <Xpage=296>

<hw>Con*clu"sive*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Conclusiveness</h1> <Xpage=296>

<hw>Con*clu"sive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being conclusive; decisiveness.</def>

<h1>Conclusory</h1> <Xpage=296>