Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Conclusion
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. Shakespeare
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
And still
conclusion
. Shakespeare
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.
Conclusion to the country
(Law)
, the conclusion of a pleading by which a party “puts himself upon the country,” i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury.
Mozley & W.
– In conclusion
. (a)
Finally.
(b)
In short.
– To try conclusions
, to make a trial or an experiment.
Syn. – Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. See
Inference
. Webster 1828 Edition
Conclusion
CONCLUSION
,Noun.
1.
End; close; the last part; as the conclusion of an address.2.
The close of an argument, debate or reasoning; inference that ends the discussion; final result.Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter; fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man. Ecclesiastes 12.
3.
Determination; final decision.After long debate, the house of commons came to this conclusion.
4.
Consequence; inference; that which is collected or drawn from premises; particular deduction from propositions, facts, experience, or reasoning.5.
The event of experiments; experiment. We practice all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. [Little used.]
6.
Confinement of the thoughts; silence. [Not used.]Definition 2024
conclusión
conclusión
See also: conclusion